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BENJAMIN FRANCIS ALMAGUER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 30, 1949 – March 10, 1968
Service recordBenjamin Francis Almaguer, of Monmouth, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 10, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 4
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- November 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Monmouth, Illinois (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 4
- JAMES EDWARD WYATTStaff Sergeant · March 9, 1968
- WALTER EVAN ANDERSON JRPrivate First Class · March 10, 1968
- RICHARD CRAIG BROWNSpecialist Five · March 10, 1968
- RUDY YORK CHALAKEEPrivate · March 10, 1968
From Monmouth
- WILLIAM JOHN MOOREStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1966
- LARRY DEAN TAYLORLance Corporal · August 30, 1966
- ALBERT ELMORE COOKStaff Sergeant · June 2, 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.