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BENJAMIN EUGENE SLAGOWSKI
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 1, 1948 – March 12, 1971
Service recordBenjamin Eugene Slagowski, of Evanston, Wyoming, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 42
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Evanston, Wyoming (Uinta County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1971; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 42
- JIMMY ODENEALPrivate First Class · March 12, 1971
- SAMUEL TAYLOR OWENSpecialist Four · March 12, 1971
- MICHAEL RICHARD REBERLance Corporal · March 12, 1971
- ROBERT WALTER THORNESpecialist Four · March 12, 1971
Same unit, same day
- MELVIN HAZLEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 40
- MICHAEL WAYNE HILLCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 40
- NAZIR MOHAMMEDSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 41
- GERALD WELSCHStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 43
From Evanston
- BARRY ANDRE HANSENPrivate First Class · March 7, 1966
- RICHARD PAUL CAZINPrivate First Class · August 24, 1968
- ALBERT ORLANDO WAYMAN JRPrivate First Class · October 24, 1969
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.