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BENNIE FRANK HUMPHRIES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 17, 1948 – April 12, 1968
Service recordBennie Frank Humphries, of Dawson, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 33
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Dawson, Georgia (Terrell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 33
- GARY R HOLLANDPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- RICHARD WADE JOLESSpecialist Five · April 12, 1968
- BYRON NORRIS JONESSpecialist Four · April 12, 1968
- DWAYNE CHARLES MCCLURESpecialist Four · April 12, 1968
From Dawson
- THOMAS WESTON JRPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- OLIVER ANDERSONSergeant First Class · May 3, 1968
- LEROY SHANNON JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 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.