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BENITO DIAZ JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 19, 1947 – March 30, 1969
Service recordBenito Diaz JR, of Saginaw, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 30, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 90
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Saginaw, Michigan (Saginaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 30, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 30, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 90
- JERRY TRUMAN DRIGGERSSergeant · March 30, 1969
- GLENN LEROY FETTERMANChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 30, 1969
- JAMES CARL FOXPrivate First Class · March 30, 1969
- JERRY ARTHUR GARRICKStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND BROWNSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 88
- DANIEL JOSEPH CURRANCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 89
- JERRY TRUMAN DRIGGERSSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 90
- JERRY ARTHUR GARRICKStaff Sergeant · Panel 28W, Line 90
- LAMARR LEE JOHNSCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 92
- RUSSELL LEE JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 92
- DONALD LEE NIXONCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 93
- WILLIE JAMES SIEGLERCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 94
- MELTON EDWARD SMITHCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 94
- PAUL BRADLEY WESTSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 95
From Saginaw
- BRICKIE BOWMAN JRPrivate · May 23, 1965
- PAUL HAMILTON JRSergeant · October 3, 1965
- HEZEKIAH GOSS JRSpecialist Five · January 15, 1966
- ROBERT ALLEN KOWALSKICorporal · January 25, 1966
- TERRY R MCLEANStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH COXPrivate First Class · October 13, 1966
- MILES DENNIS COOPERPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- EDWARD EARL SCHELLPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT CUSHMANSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
- STANLEY FOSTER BARRETTPrivate First Class · April 27, 1967
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.