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BENJAMIN JOHN BENAVIDEZ
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
January 31, 1933 – April 13, 1971
Service recordBenjamin John Benavidez, of Montezuma, New Mexico, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1971, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 121
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 31, 1933
- Home of record
- Montezuma, New Mexico (San Miguel County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1971
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1971; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 121
- ROBERTO PEREASpecialist Four · April 12, 1971
- CHARLES LEE THOMPSONPrivate First Class · April 12, 1971
- JOHN VESTER WENTWORTHStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1971
- JAMES ARTHUR NICHOLSCorporal · April 13, 1971
From Montezuma
- JOHN PENASpecialist Four · March 24, 1967
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.