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BENJAMIN SADBERRY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 31, 1941 – November 11, 1968
Service recordBenjamin Sadberry, of Arlington, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 52
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Traffic Management Coordinator (71N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- August 31, 1941
- Home of record
- Arlington, Georgia (Calhoun County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1968; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 52
- FRANK JAMES ROBERTSPrivate First Class · November 11, 1968
- GARY ALFRED RUSTSpecialist Four · November 11, 1968
- JOHN DANIEL SHERMOSSergeant First Class · November 11, 1968
- WILLIAM CURTIS WINSTONPrivate First Class · November 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.