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BENJAMIN PERRY BENTON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 30, 1945 – January 18, 1969
Service recordBenjamin Perry Benton, of South Mills, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 18, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 31
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 30, 1945
- Home of record
- South Mills, North Carolina (Camden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 18, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date January 18, 1969; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 34W, Line 31
- RAYMOND GLENN BEAMSpecialist Four · January 18, 1969
- FREDDIE ALLEN BONETTIStaff Sergeant · January 18, 1969
- JOSE ANTONIO CASTROStaff Sergeant · January 18, 1969
- ROBERT FRANKLIN COADYMajor · January 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSE ANTONIO CASTROStaff Sergeant · Panel 34W, Line 31
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.