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BENJAMIN LEE IV
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 10, 1946 – March 17, 1966
Service recordBenjamin Lee IV, of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 18
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Oak Ridge, Tennessee (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 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 6E, Line 18
- GARLAND CLAUDE BOBBITTSergeant · March 17, 1966
- WILLIAM HOVER CRAIG JRCaptain · March 17, 1966
- MERWIN A DELANO JRPrivate · March 17, 1966
- VIRGIL ARTHUR MURRAYSpecialist Four · March 17, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT KRISUNAS CHRISTYStaff Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 17
- JOHNNIE MERRITT TENONStaff Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 19
From Oak Ridge
- GERALD WAYNE DAVIDSONFirst Lieutenant · June 29, 1964
- JOSEPH KEITH BRADLEYLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS WELSHANMajor · March 3, 1968
- HOYLE TERRY JRPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- GREGORY JOHN WEBERLance Corporal · October 7, 1968
- RONALD EDWARD HIBBARDPrivate First Class · October 9, 1968
- MICHEAL ROGER BAKERPrivate First Class · December 3, 1968
- SAMUEL EARL ASHERCaptain · April 26, 1970
- LUTHER EUGENE DAVISStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1970
- JEFF THOMAS BARNETT SRGunnery Sergeant · January 16, 1971
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.