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BENNIE HOWARD STRAIT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 28, 1947 – April 1, 1967
Service recordBennie Howard Strait, of Bryan, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 88
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)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Bryan, Ohio (Williams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 88
- ROBERT PAUL RUMINSKILance Corporal · April 1, 1967
- ALTON SMITHPrivate First Class · April 1, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM STANLEYCaptain · April 1, 1967
- RICHARD JAMES STEWARTCorporal · April 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- FREDDY L AMICKSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 83
- EARNEST CAESAR BROWNStaff Sergeant · Panel 17E, Line 84
- KENNETH JAMES DANTZLERSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 84
- PHILLIP GRANTSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 85
- JOHN KING HARGRAVEPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 85
- RAY WESLEY RHODUSSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 85
- ROLAND HAYES HOWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 87
- JAMES EDWARD PRESSLEYSergeant · Panel 17E, Line 87
- DAVID F TAYLOR IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 17E, Line 89
- SAMMIE LEE WATTPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 89
- JAMES LE ROY WEHRPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 90
From Bryan
- ALLEN DEWAYNE SMITHLance Corporal · September 25, 1967
- RONALD LEE FAVOURITECorporal · May 2, 1968
- JOHN SANEDALance Corporal · August 18, 1968
- EDWIN HUGH CORWINGunnery Sergeant · December 22, 1968
- THOMAS ELMER CLARKSpecialist Four · October 30, 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.