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BENJAMIN IRVIN WARREN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 13, 1929 – October 3, 1966
Service recordBenjamin Irvin Warren, of De Ridder, Louisiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 42
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 13, 1929
- Home of record
- De Ridder, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1966
- Age
- 37
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 42
- JAMES E JONESSergeant Major · October 3, 1966
- HOWARD D ULMER JRFirst Lieutenant · October 3, 1966
- RAYMOND LEE WHEELERStaff Sergeant · October 3, 1966
- DENNIS LEE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH A MALLONEESpecialist Five · Panel 11E, Line 40
- GREGORY DEAN MCKEAGUESpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 41
From De Ridder
- ALBERT FRANKLIN CALPSergeant First Class · August 6, 1965
- EDWARD JOSEPH GUILLORYSergeant Major · June 18, 1967
- JAMES V HAMILTONSergeant First Class · September 27, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN RATHBURNPrivate First Class · March 16, 1968
- QUILLARD FRANK LYONSSpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
- IRVING DONALD BARROWSPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- ROGERS LEMANDER HAYWOODStaff Sergeant · May 29, 1969
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.