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BENNY DALE CASH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 13, 1947 – April 30, 1968
Service recordBenny Dale Cash, of Ashville, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 10
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)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Ashville, Alabama (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1968; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 10
- LARRY FRANKLIN BRASHEARSPrivate First Class · April 30, 1968
- PATRICK LOUIS BRUCKNERLance Corporal · April 30, 1968
- MICHEAL ALLEN BURNSFireman · April 30, 1968
- ERNEST BURTONSpecialist Four · April 30, 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.