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BENJAMIN THOMAS FOLCK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 27, 1948 – May 19, 1968
Service recordBenjamin Thomas Folck, of Frankfort, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 63E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63E · Line 8
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Frankfort, Indiana (Clinton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1968; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 63E, Line 8
- JOSEPH EDWIN DAVIESMajor · May 19, 1968
- RICHARD HALL DILLON JRLance Corporal · May 19, 1968
- JOHN DENNIS DONOVANSergeant · May 19, 1968
- DANNY RAY SWOFFORDSergeant · May 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DANNY LEE BOONESpecialist Four · Panel 63E, Line 4
- EDWARD ALAN BIESPrivate First Class · Panel 63E, Line 5
- RICHARD CLYDE COLEMANSergeant · Panel 63E, Line 7
- PAUL FREEMAN DANIELS JRSergeant · Panel 63E, Line 7
- GERALD JAMESSergeant · Panel 63E, Line 9
- ISAIAH MITCHELL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 63E, Line 13
- GEORGE RICHARD POPESpecialist Four · Panel 63E, Line 16
- EUGENE MORGAN SUTTON JRSergeant · Panel 63E, Line 18
- GARY LEE WITHERELLSergeant · Panel 64E, Line 2
From Frankfort
- DENNIS EUGENE HILLPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- ELDON ALLEN BAKERSergeant · April 26, 1968
- GREGORY STAN MUNDELLPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- DONNIE JOE MARTINSergeant · March 15, 1969
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.