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BENJAMIN CARLTON LARABEE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 4, 1947 – December 18, 1968
Service recordBenjamin Carlton Larabee, of Marquette, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 18, 1968, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 40
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- May 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Marquette, Michigan (Marquette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 18, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 18, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 40
- JOHN JOSEPH GOTT JRPetty Officer Third Class · December 18, 1968
- RONALD LEE HOVISPrivate First Class · December 18, 1968
- DONALD ALBERT KASKIStaff Sergeant · December 18, 1968
- CARL JOSEPH METCALF JRCorporal · December 18, 1968
From Marquette
- JAMES EDWARD BELLSpecialist Four · April 22, 1968
- GARY ROBERT HALEYLance Corporal · February 5, 1969
- CARL FRANCIS ARBOGAST JRSpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
- TERRY ALFRED CARTERLance Corporal · January 28, 1970
- ROBERT ALLEN DERRICKSergeant · November 3, 1970
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.