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ALVIN KENNETH BENCHER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 3, 1940 – July 2, 1968
Service recordAlvin Kenneth Bencher served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 2, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 36
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 3, 1940
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1968; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 36
- DICK DEGRAFSergeant · July 2, 1968
- RICHARD AUGUSTINE DEXTERPetty Officer Third Class · July 2, 1968
- FREDERICK LEE DYERSecond Lieutenant · July 2, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN HAUPERTStaff Sergeant · July 2, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.