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BENJAMIN JOSEPH RAWLINGS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 29, 1946 – March 4, 1969
Service recordBenjamin Joseph Rawlings, of Naylor, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 4, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 38
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Naylor, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1969; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 38
- ROBERT ANDREW MCGILLPrivate First Class · March 4, 1969
- LARRY MURDOCKSergeant · March 4, 1969
- CHARLES REUBEN OUTLAW JRSpecialist Four · March 4, 1969
- CLYDE EDWARD RAINSSergeant · March 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONALD PATRICK RUSSELLSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 39
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.