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BENEDICT JOHN TRIPODO
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 10, 1949 – January 23, 1969
Service recordBenedict John Tripodo, of New York, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 23, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 68
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 10, 1949
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 23, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 23, 1969; four of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 68
- ROBERTO RUIZ-PEREZPrivate First Class · January 23, 1969
- ARVID OSCAR SILVERBERG JRWarrant Officer 1 · January 23, 1969
- ROBERT ROYCE SLOPPYEPrivate First Class · January 23, 1969
- EDWARD SMITH JRSpecialist Four · January 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PETER LEONARD ALAGNAPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 63
- KEITH NOLAND CANTRELLPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 64
- DENNIS HAROLD GUTHRIESergeant · Panel 34W, Line 65
- ARNOLD GLEN OAKESPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 66
- EDWARD PAUL OGDENSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 66
- JERRY ALLEN PALMERPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 67
- CHARLES RUSSELL YATESCorporal · Panel 34W, Line 69
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.