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BENITO CONCHOLA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 12, 1948 – February 9, 1969
Service recordBenito Conchola, of Bloomington, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 9, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 92
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Bloomington, Texas (Victoria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 92
- WILLIAM THOMAS CUMBIECorporal · February 9, 1969
- BILLY JOE CURBOWLance Corporal · February 9, 1969
- MICHAEL MURRAY DAVIDSONPrivate First Class · February 9, 1969
- MICHAEL THOMAS DECKERCorporal · February 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LYMAN RICHARD DITSONSergeant · Panel 33W, Line 93
- RICHARD ALLEN PATONSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 1
From Bloomington
- CLARENCE ARTHUR BROWNFirst Sergeant · February 22, 1967
- JOE MOYALance Corporal · June 2, 1967
- CASIMIRO RODRIGUEZ JRSpecialist Four · April 19, 1968
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.