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BENJAMIN ALBIN CHITKO
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 12, 1934 – September 16, 1966
Service recordBenjamin Albin Chitko, of Pembine, Wisconsin, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 16, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 100
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- November 12, 1934
- Home of record
- Pembine, Wisconsin (Marinette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1966
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1966; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 100
- EVERETT LEE BRACKETTPrivate First Class · September 16, 1966
- ALAN DANCELance Corporal · September 16, 1966
- GERALD WALLACE EVENHUSPrivate First Class · September 16, 1966
- HOWARD GARRETTStaff Sergeant · September 16, 1966
From Pembine
- CLAYTON DEAN JENKINSLance Corporal · June 3, 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.