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BENNY FRANK NIMOX
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 14, 1948 – July 2, 1967
Service recordBenny Frank Nimox, of Highland Park, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 2, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 111
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- July 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Highland Park, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1967; 93 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 111
- EDWARD JAMES MCCUNELance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS MCGARRYLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- THOMAS W MCMAHON JRLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN NICHOLSPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
From Highland Park
- NELSON LLOYD HAYESSergeant · February 1, 1966
- ALBERT GEORGE HALLOWELLLieutenant · October 16, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT BURNETTLance Corporal · January 11, 1967
- JESSIE FLOYD GREENE JRCorporal · October 28, 1967
- RICHARD THOMAS CLARKCorporal · September 13, 1968
- ARNOLD BRUCE WIMBERLYStaff Sergeant · September 16, 1968
- JERRY BAKERSpecialist Four · November 21, 1968
- THOMAS GARY HAGERPrivate First Class · June 17, 1970
- DAVID ALLIE SAIDESpecialist Four · November 16, 1970
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.