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BENNY DAVID SLOAT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 30, 1951 – March 19, 1970
Service recordBenny David Sloat, of Ovid, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 19, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 23
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- October 30, 1951
- Home of record
- Ovid, Michigan (Clinton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 19, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 23
- BOBBY TRUMAN SIEGLERCorporal · March 19, 1970
- ATILANO URIEGAS TOVARSergeant · March 19, 1970
- GEORGE WARREN WARDLieutenant Colonel · March 19, 1970
- JESSE LEONARD WESTStaff Sergeant · March 19, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LARRY ANTHONY BRANAMPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 19
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.