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BENARD JOHN SPARENBERG
Chief Petty Officer · U.S. Navy
March 27, 1929 – February 5, 1966
Service recordBenard John Sparenberg, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 5
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. Navy
- Rank
- Chief Petty Officer (CPO)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- HELANTISVBRON 115 USS RANGER CVA 61
- Born
- March 27, 1929
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1966
- Age
- 36
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “HELANTISVBRON 115 USS RANGER CVA 61”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 5E, Line 5
- GLENN EDWARD ASMUSSENPetty Officer First Class · February 5, 1966
- FRANKLIN GODFREY TODDSergeant · February 5, 1966
- WILLIAM L ARMSTRONGSpecialist Four · February 6, 1966
- SAMUEL LEE DELLOSPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GLENN EDWARD ASMUSSENPetty Officer First Class · Panel 5E, Line 5
- DAN DAILY MCCONNAUGHHAYPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 35E, Line 80
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.