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BENJAMIN T WALANGITANG
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
November 10, 1934 – August 22, 1969
Service recordBenjamin T Walangitang, of Dayton, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 22, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 99
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- November 10, 1934
- Home of record
- Dayton, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1969
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 99
- PETER LOPEZSpecialist Four · August 22, 1969
- HOWARD FRANKLIN TAYLORSpecialist Four · August 22, 1969
- WILLIAM J ZELTNER IIICorporal · August 22, 1969
- WILLIAM CARL ADAMSSergeant · August 23, 1969
From Dayton
- CHARLES ROBERT SMITHLance Corporal · May 23, 1965
- JOE CALVIN PAULLance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS SHARPLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- RICHARD GALE WICKLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- DONALD MAILY SHAFER IIPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- HARRY DONALD HASKINSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- TIMOTHY RAYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- ROGER MICHAEL MATHEWSONSergeant · May 11, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT POPPAWPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS HUGH KNOTTPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
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.