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BENJAMIN ALONZA SMALLS
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 17, 1944 – March 15, 1969
Service recordBenjamin Alonza Smalls, of Charleston, South Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 48
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 17, 1944
- Home of record
- Charleston, South Carolina (Charleston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 48
- JOHN WILLIAM PRICESpecialist Five · March 15, 1969
- DAVID JAMES PUGHLance Corporal · March 15, 1969
- WILLIAM REYNOLDSSpecialist Four · March 15, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD ROBERTS JRPrivate First Class · March 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRED EDWARD BROWNStaff Sergeant · Panel 29W, Line 43
- JOHN WAYNE CAMPSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 44
- JULIO HERNANDEZ JRSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 45
- DENNIS ROGER HUNSLEYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 29W, Line 45
- MICHAEL LYNCHSpecialist Five · Panel 29W, Line 46
- RONALD LEE PEARLSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 47
- LARRY ALLEN STARKFirst Lieutenant · Panel 29W, Line 49
From Charleston
- CLARENCE LARRY MOORERCaptain · December 12, 1963
- THEODORE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · October 2, 1965
- CHARLES GALE DUSINGChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- EARL CLAYTON GRAHAMSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- HAROLD T EDMONDSON JRCorporal · January 30, 1966
- JAMES BRADLEYSergeant · February 5, 1966
- BURTON ALEXANDER BLANTONCaptain · March 30, 1966
- WALTER H ANDERSONPrivate First Class · April 16, 1966
- RANDOLPH CLINTON SCOTTPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- HAROLD MACK JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 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.