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ARNOLD RAY BENTON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 6, 1948 – March 1, 1971
Service recordArnold Ray Benton, of Odon, Indiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 1, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 13
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- December 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Odon, Indiana (Daviess County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 13
- PAUL VERNON BLACKWarrant Officer 1 · March 1, 1971
- RICHARD SAULERS BOWERSSpecialist Four · March 1, 1971
- JAMES HAMILTON COLBERTSpecialist Five · March 1, 1971
- GARY CHARLES DAVIDSpecialist Five · March 1, 1971
Same unit, same day
- SHELDON LEE GULSETHPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 14
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.