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BENJAMIN RICHARD TOONKEL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 15, 1946 – September 6, 1968
Service recordBenjamin Richard Toonkel, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 6, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 58
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 15, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 58
- WILLIE LEE TONEYSergeant · September 6, 1968
- RUBY KENNETH WALSTONCorporal · September 6, 1968
- RAYMOND LAWRENCE WHELPLEYSpecialist Four · September 6, 1968
- DONNIE RAYMOND WHITEPrivate First Class · September 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MARSHALL JASON BROWNCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 48
- TERRANCE RANDALL HANSONSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 51
- JAMES CECIL HOLMESSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 52
- DOUGLAS ARTHUR HOUSECorporal · Panel 45W, Line 52
- LARRY ALLEN JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 53
- RAYNER EDWARD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 54
- BARRY RUSSELL MOREEPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 55
- HERSHEL EUGENE MORROWPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 55
- JERRY GORDON RICHARDPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 56
- EDWARD WILLIAM SECRESTSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 56
- CLAIR BRADLEY ANDREW SAINTPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 57
- FLOYD LAVERNE STILLCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 57
- DONNIE RAYMOND WHITEPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 58
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.