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BENNIE ALSTON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 12, 1943 – December 19, 1967
Service recordBennie Alston, of Charlotte, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 19, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 19
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 12, 1943
- Home of record
- Charlotte, North Carolina (Mecklenburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Read the history
Also on Panel 32E, Line 19
- MICHAEL PATRICK RUANESecond Lieutenant · December 18, 1967
- DENNIS LEON SENZLance Corporal · December 18, 1967
- LARRY DUANE TRAASETHLance Corporal · December 18, 1967
- DAVE EDWARD ASHFORDSergeant First Class · December 19, 1967
From Charlotte
- HARRY WILLIAM LOVE JRPrivate First Class · June 30, 1965
- EDWARD DEAN BROWN JRLieutenant (junior grade) · July 29, 1965
- TROY MILLER THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · September 26, 1965
- REGINALD ALVIN WATKINSSergeant · November 15, 1965
- GERRALD AUNDRE STANSELLSergeant · February 8, 1966
- FREDDIE WALLACE GREENSergeant · February 19, 1966
- JOHNSON FRANCIS FRANKStaff Sergeant · February 26, 1966
- LOOMIS OGLESBY IIISpecialist Four · March 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEWIS DIALPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- RONALD MARTIN SUTTONCorporal · March 18, 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.