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BENNY DALE BESS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 21, 1948 – August 27, 1968
Service recordBenny Dale Bess, of Mcalester, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 27, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 37
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Mcalester, Oklahoma (Pittsburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1968
- 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
51 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 37
- MICHAEL NOEL FAHERTYSpecialist Five · July 25, 1968
- JACK ADRIAN BARNHARTPrivate First Class · August 27, 1968
- JOHN STANLEY BAXTERFirst Lieutenant · August 27, 1968
- JOHN BERTRAM BECKERCorporal · August 27, 1968
- GERARD FRANCIS BERGINPrivate · August 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONNIE G AVERYPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 36
- TIMOTHY JAMES COTTRELLSergeant · Panel 46W, Line 39
- GLENN FREDRICK DEANSergeant · Panel 46W, Line 39
- DENNIS PATRICK FRIEDHOFFPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 41
- CHRISTOPHER LYNN HAYESPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 42
- ADOLFO VALENZUELA MORENOSergeant · Panel 46W, Line 43
- RUDOLPH SOTELO RENTERIASpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 44
From Mcalester
- DONALD BOYD SMITHSergeant · August 28, 1966
- MICHAEL J HUNTERSpecialist Four · March 15, 1967
- MYRON FRANCIS SMITHFirst Lieutenant · December 17, 1967
- BRUCE EDWARD DEERINWATERStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1969
- GARY MICHAEL BRANNONStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1969
- JOHN BONAT STIZZAMajor · January 21, 1970
- JOSHUA ELI CARNEYStaff Sergeant · February 12, 1971
- FRANKIE GUY BAKERPrivate · March 5, 1971
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.