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BENJAMIN M BROTHERS III
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 25, 1947 – June 20, 1967
Service recordBenjamin M Brothers III, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 26
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 39 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- September 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 26
- ROBERT ERNEST MASONSergeant · June 20, 1967
- RONALD ALBERT MICHAUDPrivate First Class · June 20, 1967
- CHESTER DONALD PAULLSergeant · June 20, 1967
- GARY THURSTON PORTERCaptain · June 20, 1967
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 1965
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.