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BENJAMIN JOHN TEREJKO JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 28, 1947 – February 9, 1968
Service recordBenjamin John Terejko JR, of Solvay, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 9, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Solvay, New York (Onondaga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
107 names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 144 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Tín Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 61
- THOMAS JAMES SPARKSPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- FREDERICK MILTON STEMENPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- HAROLD DEAN STOKESPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- JAMES PAUL STRAINPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES J CRAWFORD JRSpecialist Six · Panel 38E, Line 44
- BERNARD JOHN CARONStaff Sergeant · Panel 38E, Line 46
- CLYDE LAWRENCE DEMELLOCorporal · Panel 38E, Line 48
- THOMAS NORTONSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 57
- CHARLES EDWARD NOVELSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 57
- JOSEPH WILFRED ROUNSEVILLEFirst Sergeant · Panel 38E, Line 60
- DOUGLAS BUREM WADESecond Lieutenant · Panel 38E, Line 62
- DONALD STEVEN WAITESpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 62
From Solvay
- LOUIS JOSEPH PELLIZZARIFirst Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- WILLIAM FRANCIS KRANZ JRPrivate First Class · January 26, 1967
- JOHN FREDERICK WALKERCorporal · February 23, 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.