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BENJAMIN BELTRA CASTANEDA
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 24, 1924 – January 23, 1965
Service recordBenjamin Beltra Castaneda, of El Monte, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 23, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 83
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 24, 1924
- Home of record
- El Monte, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 23, 1965
- Age
- 40
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date January 23, 1965. In January 1965, 18 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 83
- JAMES THOMAS H CORDOVASergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- WILLIAM ERNEST SWAYKOSSpecialist Four · January 23, 1965
- ROGER LEE BUSSSpecialist Four · January 24, 1965
From El Monte
- DONALD EUGENE SMITHSergeant First Class · November 13, 1964
- RIGOBERTO C CHACONSergeant · July 15, 1965
- JAMES RICHARD DYERConstructionman · August 6, 1965
- THOMAS HARRY MAYNARDPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- ARLOS CLAYTON WILDERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- MICHAEL GEORGE CRYARPrivate · May 22, 1966
- CLIFTON E BENNETTSpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MCDOWELLSpecialist Four · March 30, 1967
- RICHARD JAMES STEWARTCorporal · April 1, 1967
- ROBERT GARRY ROSSPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
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.