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BENITO PEREZ
First Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 27, 1932 – August 2, 1966
Service recordBenito Perez, of Corpus Christi, Texas, served as a First Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 2, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 100
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Sergeant (1SG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Senior Sergeant (11G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 27, 1932
- Home of record
- Corpus Christi, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1966
- Age
- 34
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 100
- ROBERT JOSEPH KUZMANKOLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- JOHNIE WAYNE MCLAINPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- DENZIL DALE PETTITPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- WILEY LAVELL PHILLIPSPlatoon Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- ALTON DURHAM PRICEPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
Same unit, same day
- TERRY DEAN CRAIGHEADPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 95
- LEONARD DOUGLAS DAVISSecond Lieutenant · Panel 9E, Line 96
- WILLIAM HUGH GARDNER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 97
- HARRY MOSS KITCHENSStaff Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 98
- MICHAEL T LEDEBURPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 99
- JAMES M MCDONOUGH JRCaptain · Panel 9E, Line 99
- JUAN MUNOZSergeant · Panel 9E, Line 99
- DENZIL DALE PETTITPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 100
- ALTON DURHAM PRICEPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 100
- JOHN DANIEL ROECKLPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 102
- GEORGE GUTHRIE TRUELUCKSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 102
From Corpus Christi
- FAYBERT RAY BRADSHAWStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- JOE THOMAS WELBORNChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 4, 1965
- WILLIAM A JENNINGS IIICorporal · December 13, 1965
- MIGUEL GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · April 22, 1966
- WILLIAM R MINDACHSpecialist Four · July 6, 1966
- RAUL FLORESLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
- JERRY PHILLIPSPetty Officer Second Class · August 11, 1966
- ALFREDO CASTANONPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- DWIGHT KING SATTERWHITEPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- RALPH GARY TILLPrivate First Class · September 28, 1966
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.