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BENNIE RAY HIVELY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 15, 1950 – April 24, 1971
Service recordBennie Ray Hively, of Jonesboro, Arkansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1971, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · 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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- August 15, 1950
- Home of record
- Jonesboro, Arkansas (Craighead County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 8
- JAMES ALBERT CHAMPIONStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1971
- JAMES BRADDOCK HARRISSpecialist Four · April 24, 1971
- EDWIN HEISSECaptain · April 24, 1971
- GABRIEL AUGUS JEFFRIES JRWarrant Officer 1 · April 24, 1971
- LARRY CHRISTOPHER JORDANStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ALLEN THOMAS BOEHMSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 6
- JAMES BRADDOCK HARRISSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 8
- EDWIN HEISSECaptain · Panel 3W, Line 8
- GABRIEL AUGUS JEFFRIES JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 3W, Line 8
- LARRY CHRISTOPHER JORDANStaff Sergeant · Panel 3W, Line 8
- KEVIN ALONZO RINARDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 3W, Line 9
- STEPHEN ALAN SPENCERSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 10
- JOHNNY GORDON WILLIAMSONSergeant · Panel 3W, Line 11
From Jonesboro
- BRITT TELL JRPrivate First Class · May 5, 1966
- DAVID HAROLD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · July 10, 1967
- RONALD EDWARD CRAINSpecialist Four · July 12, 1967
- EDWARD EUGENE STROUDSergeant · May 13, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT RONEPrivate First Class · October 1, 1968
- ROBERT RAY MCGINNISSergeant · July 2, 1969
- GEORGE D HENRY JRCaptain · August 13, 1970
- JOSEPH LEE CHAMBERSFirst Lieutenant · September 1, 1970
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.