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BENNY DAVIS STUCKEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 16, 1943 – June 29, 1969
Service recordBenny Davis Stuckey, of Longview, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 29, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 34
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 16, 1943
- Home of record
- Longview, Texas (Gregg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1969; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 34
- HARRELL SAMUEL MEFFORDWarrant Officer 1 · June 29, 1969
- PATRICK J OSHAUGHNESSYSpecialist Five · June 29, 1969
- ROBERT DUANE PAULUSSecond Lieutenant · June 29, 1969
- ERNEST MICHAEL STAINESCorporal · June 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TIMOTHY GORDON BURCHETTPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 31
From Longview
- NORMAN RAY GARRETTPrivate · February 15, 1965
- WILLIAM BUCKELE NORTHCUTTPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- JAMES LEE WATKINSLance Corporal · January 28, 1967
- GARLAND PAUL LITTLEPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- JOHN WAYNE CAVERSergeant · October 31, 1967
- RICHARD ALTON HOLLOWAYSpecialist Four · December 2, 1967
- BOBBY LYNN WEATHERSLance Corporal · March 17, 1968
- JIM LAMARR AILSTOCK JRSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- RAYMOND RICHARD GILLOCKSpecialist Five · March 28, 1968
- JAMES DAVIS MOLPUSFirst Lieutenant · May 2, 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.