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BENJAMIN CHARLES BLISS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 21, 1949 – May 10, 1969
Service recordBenjamin Charles Bliss, of Crane, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 35
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Crane, Missouri (Stone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 35
- SAMUEL WAYNE BELLStaff Sergeant · May 10, 1969
- ROBERT EARL BOWMANCorporal · May 10, 1969
- LAWRENCE STEVEN BOYCEPrivate First Class · May 10, 1969
- RONALD DALE KELLERCorporal · May 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES CRAIG DEWARPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 37
- DENNIS DUWAYNE PALMCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 41
From Crane
- DOUGLAS ALFRED LOGANFirst Lieutenant · June 17, 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.