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BENITO ANDRADE PONCE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 5, 1946 – March 12, 1970
Service recordBenito Andrade Ponce, of Crystal City, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 120
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- July 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Crystal City, Texas (Zavala County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 120
- JOHN PATRICK PAPPINConstructionman Recruit · March 12, 1970
- GARY BERNARD SCULLMajor · March 12, 1970
- GERALD DELMAR SHANORCorporal · March 12, 1970
- RONNY DEAN SHATTUCKSergeant · March 12, 1970
From Crystal City
- MELECIO ORTIZCorporal · May 13, 1967
- JOSE CONTRERAS SALINASSpecialist Four · October 10, 1969
- ARMANDO CERVERA LUNACorporal · May 4, 1970
- DAVID MONTOYAPrivate First Class · August 27, 1970
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.