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BENJAMIN F LIDDELL III
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 30, 1946 – June 21, 1966
Service recordBenjamin F Liddell III, of Columbus, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 21, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 72
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Columbus, Mississippi (Lowndes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 72
- BRUCE MARK JOHNSONSpecialist Five · June 21, 1966
- JOHN ROY MARKILLIEPetty Officer Third Class · June 21, 1966
- WAYNE HERMAN NELSONSpecialist Four · June 21, 1966
- FREDERICK LEE RYANPrivate First Class · June 21, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES GREGORY CONDON IIISpecialist Five · Panel 8E, Line 71
- JOSEPH HENRY COOPER JRSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 71
- MICHAEL ROBERT HALLPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 71
- BRUCE MARK JOHNSONSpecialist Five · Panel 8E, Line 72
- WAYNE HERMAN NELSONSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 72
- FREDERICK LEE RYANPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 72
- FREDRICK HAZER VESTERSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 73
From Columbus
- JERRY DALE HUMPHREYPrivate First Class · January 18, 1967
- KENNETH RAY CLOPTONSergeant · July 2, 1967
- LARRY HUSTON WALDENPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- JAMES EARL WILLIAMSCorporal · March 3, 1968
- FREEMAN BOLENSpecialist Four · March 31, 1968
- GEORGE WASHINGTON MOORESergeant · April 11, 1968
- ROBERT SAMUEL CLARK JRStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1968
- ROCKFORD GREY EVERETTPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- WILLIE WHITFIELD JRPrivate First Class · August 12, 1968
- ROY LEE HENLEYCorporal · September 22, 1968
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.