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BENEDICT J LINNEN III
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 26, 1948 – November 15, 1969
Service recordBenedict J Linnen III, of Stow, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 15, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 82
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
- Combat Surveillance And Target Acquisition Crewman (17A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B BTRY 1 BN 44 ARTY
- Born
- April 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Stow, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1969; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 82
- JOHN JACKLON ROBINSONPrivate First Class · November 15, 1969
- WALTER DAVID ROMEROFirst Lieutenant · November 15, 1969
- DONALD LEE WILLIAMSONSpecialist Five · November 15, 1969
- ADAM WILSONWarrant Officer 1 · November 15, 1969
From Stow
- WILBUR MEARL WISEPrivate · January 27, 1966
- JOHN PETER BURGESSPrivate · September 28, 1967
- RALPH WAYNE BROWERCaptain · November 9, 1967
- RICHARD LEE PORTERPrivate First Class · April 7, 1969
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.