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BENJAMIN GEORGE SPEARS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 20, 1940 – March 7, 1966
Service recordBenjamin George Spears, of Albany, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 7, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 129
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 20, 1940
- Home of record
- Albany, Georgia (Dougherty County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 129
- JERDY ALBERT WRIGHT JRColonel · October 31, 1965
- RICHARD WILLIAM BONDCorporal · March 8, 1966
- THOMAS EARL CONNERPrivate First Class · March 8, 1966
- PETER SPENCER CONNORStaff Sergeant · March 8, 1966
From Albany
- JOSEPH EARNEST HIPPPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- WILLIAM EARL COOPERColonel · April 24, 1966
- GLEN EVERETT WALLACEStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- ROBERT LEE BARNESPrivate First Class · July 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE DORSEYSergeant · August 16, 1966
- JOSEPH HUBERT GOINGS JRPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- DONNIE COLEMANSpecialist Four · September 7, 1967
- MARVIN ROYCE DAVISSergeant · December 15, 1967
- WILLIE JACKSONPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
- CHARLIE K WOODENSergeant · April 11, 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.