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ARNOLD BENSON JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 22, 1947 – September 5, 1967
Service recordArnold Benson JR, of Chester, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 114
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Chester, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1967; eight of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 114
- CHARLES HARTSELL GOBBLESergeant · September 5, 1967
- THOMAS PATTERSON HANSONMajor · September 5, 1967
- WILLIAM EUGENE HARGROVESpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- GEORGE WARD HENRY JRLance Corporal · September 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ROBERT BRENNANPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 113
- ELMER DON BYRDSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 113
- WILLIE LEE JONES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 1
- WILLIAM T MCDANIELSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 2
- EDWIN PAUL PRENTICESpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 3
- BRAVIE SOTOSergeant · Panel 26E, Line 4
- KENNETH J KRAUSESpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 5
From Chester
- EDGAR STOMS DONAGHYStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- WILLIAM BROOKS MITCHELLSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- GERALD VICTOR JOHNSONSergeant · August 24, 1965
- CHARLES ROBERT DEAN JRPrivate First Class · May 22, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD SHOWALTERPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- HAROLD JUNIOR KOLLERSergeant · September 2, 1966
- BARRY CARLTON PRICEPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- CARLTON MATTES OTTEYPrivate First Class · August 23, 1967
- RICHARD EDWARD HARNER JRSpecialist Four · February 4, 1968
- JOSEPH FRANCIS CONVERY JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 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.