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BEN HENRY WILKINS JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
January 17, 1947 – March 1, 1969
Service recordBen Henry Wilkins JR, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 1, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 9
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- January 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 9
- DOUGLAS JOSEPH MARKOVICHSpecialist Four · March 1, 1969
- DENNIS EUGENE WISNIEWSKIPrivate First Class · March 1, 1969
- DONN PETER ZARINASpecialist Four · March 1, 1969
- WARREN LEE BEACHAMCorporal · March 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD LEWIS HARRISWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 30W, Line 3
- HENRY PULLUM JRSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 7
- DAVID EDWARD SCHULZEPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 7
- DONN PETER ZARINASpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 9
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
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.