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BENJAMIN VICTOR DOMAN
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 8, 1949 – September 21, 1970
Service recordBenjamin Victor Doman, of South Wilmington, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 21, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 80
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 8, 1949
- Home of record
- South Wilmington, Illinois (Grundy County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 80
- RICHARD HURRELL STUBEFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1970
- JOHN BOWEN JRSergeant First Class · September 21, 1970
- GERALD FRANCIS FILIPPISpecialist Four · September 21, 1970
- WILLIAM JESSE HODGES SRCaptain · September 21, 1970
From South Wilmington
- MICHAEL BLAKE FINNPrivate First Class · July 21, 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.