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BENJAMIN ORNELAS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 6, 1945 – July 1, 1966
Service recordBenjamin Ornelas, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 1, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 116
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 6, 1945
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 1, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date July 1, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 116
- RICHARD WAYNE MCGEECorporal · July 1, 1966
- CHARLES HENRY PETERSCommander · July 1, 1966
- JOHN HAROLD RABERCorporal · July 1, 1966
- ROY RUMSEY ROGERSPrivate First Class · July 1, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD D ABOLTINSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 114
- LARRY KEITH DEALPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 115
- ROY RUMSEY ROGERSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 116
- JOHNNY WOODSONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 117
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 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.