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BENJAMIN ROBERT TURIANO
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 10, 1943 – March 24, 1969
Service recordBenjamin Robert Turiano, of Corona, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 24, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · 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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 10, 1943
- Home of record
- Corona, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1969; seven of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 30
- RICHARD WILLIAM PELLETIERStaff Sergeant · March 24, 1969
- GERALD RAYMOND SCHIESLCorporal · March 24, 1969
- JOSEPH FRANCIS SCHIMPFCorporal · March 24, 1969
- MICHAEL ANGEL TORRESLance Corporal · March 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND FREDRICK EADESergeant · Panel 28W, Line 25
- PHILLIP HARRY FLEMINGSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 25
- ARTHUR JAMES MCINTYRESergeant · Panel 28W, Line 28
- MINOR WESLEY PATTILLOSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 29
- MICHAEL VALUNASSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 31
- GARY LEE WEEKLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 31
From Corona
- CHARLES VICTOR PICCOLELLAPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- WILLIAM EARL GRAYPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- CHARLES PHILIP DETOMASOPrivate First Class · April 29, 1967
- ANTHONY VICTOR CAMPANIELLOSpecialist Four · December 19, 1967
- LEANDRO GARCIAPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- RANDOLPH A EDWARDSSpecialist Four · February 7, 1968
- CHARLES WILLIAM EGLIN IIILance Corporal · February 15, 1968
- VERNELL OWENSPrivate First Class · June 17, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH ZERILLISergeant · September 11, 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.