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BENNY EUGENE HART
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 12, 1949 – April 4, 1971
Service recordBenny Eugene Hart, of Levelland, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 4, 1971, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 105
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
- Medium Helicopter Repairer (67U)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- November 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Levelland, Texas (Hockley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1971; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 105
- THOMAS LEE BLATZSpecialist Four · April 4, 1971
- KRAG COLT BULLIS SRStaff Sergeant · April 4, 1971
- MICHAEL EVERETT GIESECorporal · April 4, 1971
- ROBERT WILLIAM HOMSCHEKPrivate First Class · April 4, 1971
From Levelland
- FREDDIE LEON TIPTONLance Corporal · February 23, 1969
- DANNY RICHARD LATHAMSpecialist Five · December 7, 1969
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.