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BENJAMIN ROBERT ALDERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 6, 1947 – June 12, 1969
Service recordBenjamin Robert Alderson, of Redding, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 12, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 30
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Redding, California (Shasta County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 30
- LEO ROGER ASSELINPrivate First Class · June 12, 1969
- STEVEN PAUL BARNETTSpecialist Four · June 12, 1969
- KENNETH LEONARD BARTLEYSpecialist Five · June 12, 1969
- ALAN RAY BRESNAHANCorporal · June 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL FRANK DAVISSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 31
- JAMES FRANCIS ENGELMEIERCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 32
- GREY LYNN HAGINSSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 33
- THOMAS MICHAEL MARCHANDPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 34
From Redding
- RANDELL FRANK SHANNONSpecialist Four · September 28, 1966
- CURTIS DARRELL JACKSONPetty Officer Third Class · June 27, 1967
- DALE CHRISTOPHER PEHRSONCorporal · November 30, 1967
- BARRY N GRIGSBYPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- RAYMOND CALVIN GUESTCorporal · March 15, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT RETZLOFF JRConstructionman · March 31, 1968
- JEFFREY EARL LAMBERTCorporal · April 17, 1968
- MEL ROY BALLARDSergeant · April 18, 1968
- THOMAS WILLIAM CRANFORDPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD BATESPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
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.