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BENJAMIN STEPHEN FORDHAM
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 13, 1944 – April 15, 1968
Service recordBenjamin Stephen Fordham served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 15, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 3
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- February 13, 1944
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 3
- RICHARD GUNNAR ANDERSONPrivate First Class · April 15, 1968
- WALTER JOHN CHRUPCALAPetty Officer Third Class · April 15, 1968
- CHARLES MICHAEL CORRYSpecialist Five · April 15, 1968
- BILLIE JAMESSpecialist Four · April 15, 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.