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BENJAMIN F PELZER II
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 12, 1948 – June 3, 1967
Service recordBenjamin F Pelzer II, of Columbia, South Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 3, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 50
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- January 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Columbia, South Carolina (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1967; 41 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 50
- CITY THEODORE C NEW JRLance Corporal · June 3, 1967
- ALLEN TRUMAN NEWMANWarrant Officer 1 · June 3, 1967
- GARY MALCOLM OBRIENCorporal · June 3, 1967
- JOHN RALPH PAINTER JRLance Corporal · June 3, 1967
From Columbia
- EARTHELL TYLERSergeant · November 17, 1965
- LUIS BELT R LOPEZPlatoon Sergeant · December 5, 1965
- EDDIE KENNETH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- THOMAS JASPER MAULDINStaff Sergeant · September 3, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MACMICHAELSergeant First Class · September 17, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD WALTERSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- CARROLL U THOMPSONCaptain · November 11, 1966
- DOUGLAS THOMAS JRAirman · August 4, 1966
- FORDHAM E FINCH JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- RICHARD BELTON BROCKMANCaptain · January 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.