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BENJAMIN GARETH WELLS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 7, 1941 – May 25, 1967
Service recordBenjamin Gareth Wells, of Madison, Alabama, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 108
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 7, 1941
- Home of record
- Madison, Alabama (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 108
- GARY LEE STYMUSPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- FREDDIE EDWARD THEISLance Corporal · May 25, 1967
- EDWARD LEWIS TIEMANSergeant First Class · May 25, 1967
- KURNEY JOSEPH WHITE JRPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ALAN WAYNE BONNEYPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 100
- LEONARD ARVIN ENOSSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 102
- JOE ALBERT FUNK IISpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 102
- PETER JOSEPH GERSPACH IIISpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 102
- TERRY ALAN HARDINGPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 103
- EDWARD MICHAEL MCMULLANPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 103
- ALFRED GEORGE KIRCHERStaff Sergeant · Panel 20E, Line 104
- GARY ALLEN RATHBUNSergeant · Panel 20E, Line 106
- EDWARD LEWIS TIEMANSergeant First Class · Panel 20E, Line 108
From Madison
- ROY LEE MOORELance Corporal · June 16, 1968
- WILLIE LEWIS WALLACESergeant · February 27, 1969
- ROBERT THOMAS NELSONSpecialist Five · August 12, 1971
- RAYMON HORACE JAMES JRFirst Lieutenant · November 10, 1971
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.