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BENNY GILLIS CARR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 10, 1948 – September 17, 1967
Service recordBenny Gillis Carr, of Corbin, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 81
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Corbin, Kentucky (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 81
- LAWRENCE JEFFREY WOODSergeant · September 16, 1967
- WILLIAM RUSSELL YOUNG JRCorporal · September 16, 1967
- NICHOLAS EDWARD BRUZNACKSpecialist Six · September 17, 1967
- JAMES WAYNE CHAMBERSSergeant · September 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES WAYNE CHAMBERSSergeant · Panel 26E, Line 81
- ERVIN LEE CONDREAYPrivate First Class · Panel 26E, Line 82
- WALTER EUGENE ELLISPrivate First Class · Panel 26E, Line 83
From Corbin
- DAVID LEE MILESPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
- JACKIE EDWARD TROSPERPrivate First Class · September 30, 1967
- DAVID TERRELL DURHAMPrivate First Class · July 14, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD GRAYPrivate First Class · September 18, 1968
- J CLIFFORD JENKINSSergeant · April 4, 1969
- GARY EARL HOLTZCLAWFirst Lieutenant · May 2, 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.