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BENJAMIN ALLEN MONDRAGON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 2, 1948 – February 4, 1968
Service recordBenjamin Allen Mondragon, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 4, 1968, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 25
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1968; he was the only one lost in Darlac Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
He died in Darlac Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 37E, Line 25
- THOMAS WALTER LOOSSergeant · February 4, 1968
- CLYDE RONALD MENZStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1968
- WAYNE ALLEN MICHALAKAirman · February 4, 1968
- GARY BRUCE MIDKIFFSergeant · February 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN DAVIS WILLINGHAMSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 29
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 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.