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BENNY EARL WIMBERLY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 10, 1948 – September 28, 1966
Service recordBenny Earl Wimberly, of Marble Falls, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 28, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 28
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- February 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Marble Falls, Texas (Burnet County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 28
- RALPH GARY TILLPrivate First Class · September 28, 1966
- JACKIE RAY BROWNPrivate First Class · September 29, 1966
- JACK CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · September 29, 1966
- JAMES MABRON HARGROVEMaster Sergeant · September 29, 1966
From Marble Falls
- DEWEY LINDON FERGUSONSergeant · June 8, 1966
- FRANK CAVOSOS GONZALESSergeant · September 22, 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.