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BENNY RAY PRESTWOOD
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 11, 1950 – January 9, 1969
Service recordBenny Ray Prestwood, of Hudson, North Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 9, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 61
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 11, 1950
- Home of record
- Hudson, North Carolina (Caldwell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 35W, Line 61
- KEVIN OBRIENMajor · January 9, 1969
- WILLIAM MILLER RIDDLESpecialist Four · January 9, 1969
- RICHARD CHARLES SEESpecialist Four · January 9, 1969
- MICHAEL JOHN TESSAROSpecialist Four · January 9, 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.