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BENJAMIN FRANK CASTANEDA
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 9, 1945 – September 26, 1968
Service recordBenjamin Frank Castaneda, of Oakland, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1968, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 16
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- February 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Oakland, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1968; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 16
- FREDERICK JOSEPH CARLSONPrivate First Class · September 26, 1968
- GEORGE MARION COX IISpecialist Four · September 26, 1968
- PETER JOSEPH DANILUCKFirst Sergeant · September 26, 1968
- WILLIAM FRANCIS LEMOINECorporal · September 26, 1968
From Oakland
- CHARLES DARYL KEARNEYLance Corporal · July 8, 1965
- LAURIANO LAWRENCE LOVATOPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
- WALTER JOHN GELIENChief Petty Officer · October 28, 1965
- FRED LAWER MCPHERSONMajor · January 28, 1966
- WALLACE RAY JACOBSENStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1966
- JOE NEAL JAMESSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- DON WILLIAM CHABOTMajor · March 15, 1966
- WALTER GLENN SHULTSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- DAVID LEE DODSONPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- CHRIS C VURLUMISCaptain · June 8, 1966
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.