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BENNY LEON SMITH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 3, 1945 – July 28, 1966
Service recordBenny Leon Smith, of Holly Springs, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 3, 1945
- Home of record
- Holly Springs, Mississippi (Marshall County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 84
- REO OWENSPrivate First Class · July 28, 1966
- RICHARD DEAN POWERPrivate First Class · July 28, 1966
- MICHAEL ROMAN SAMSONPrivate First Class · July 28, 1966
- PHILLIP NEIL TROUGHTONSpecialist Four · July 28, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM GENE MAIN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 83
From Holly Springs
- M L CURRYPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
- MACK SIMPSON JEFFRIESSergeant · May 7, 1968
- FRANK EDWARD DAVISPrivate First Class · September 29, 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.