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BENJAMIN ALLEN HONEYCUTT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 1, 1947 – May 2, 1968
Service recordBenjamin Allen Honeycutt, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 9
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
113 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 9
- EDWARD F GUTHRIEFirst Lieutenant · May 2, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH HUGHESPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- NATHANIEL HARVEY JACKSONPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- RONALD JONESCorporal · May 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD JONESCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 9
- THOMAS IRA LONGPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 11
- JAMES DAVIS MOLPUSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 54E, Line 12
- DONALD DAVID RANDALL JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 54E, Line 15
- ALLEN DUANE ROWLESSpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 16
- CHARLES HERBERT TURNER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 19
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 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.