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BENEDICT MAHER DAVAN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 10, 1946 – March 17, 1969
Service recordBenedict Maher Davan, of Westbrook, Maine, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 17, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 59
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
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- February 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Westbrook, Maine (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 29W, Line 59
- HAROLD PETER BERGSergeant · March 17, 1969
- RICHARD ALLEN BROWNMajor · March 17, 1969
- EDWARD LEWIS CHAPPELLPrivate First Class · March 17, 1969
- JOHN CHARLES DAVENPORTSpecialist Four · March 17, 1969
From Westbrook
- RAYMOND ELTON LEIGHTONSergeant · March 21, 1966
- DONALD MYRICK RUSSELLColonel · December 5, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN NADEAUStaff Sergeant · November 25, 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.