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BENJAMIN LEE TEBAULT
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
December 4, 1942 – June 4, 1972
Service recordBenjamin Lee Tebault, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 4, 1972, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 35
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Vmfa F-4s (I) (7522)
- Born
- December 4, 1942
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1972
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1972; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1972, 88 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Bình Định Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 35
- MICHAEL JACOB KONOWFirst Lieutenant · June 4, 1972
- PAUL DAVID BACONSpecialist Four · June 5, 1972
- KENNETH LEE BARNETTSergeant · June 5, 1972
- ANDEE CHAPMAN JRSergeant First Class · June 5, 1972
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 1966
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.