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BENNY LEO HUSKON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 20, 1947 – June 7, 1968
Service recordBenny Leo Huskon, of Leupp, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 7, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 23
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Materiel Control And Accounting Specialist (76P)
- Born
- May 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Leupp, Arizona (Coconino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1968; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 59W, Line 23
- DAYTON JOSEPH HOOKSSergeant · June 7, 1968
- RALPH EDWARD HUNT JRFirst Lieutenant · June 7, 1968
- JOHN ARTHUR KEEPNEWSFirst Lieutenant · June 7, 1968
- CARL MASON MIDDLEBROOKSPrivate First Class · June 7, 1968
From Leupp
- WILLIAM JOHN MONTGOMERYSpecialist Four · May 5, 1964
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.