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BENNY ROSS GUY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 2, 1946 – December 2, 1968
Service recordBenny Ross Guy, of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 2, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 20
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Tuscaloosa, Alabama (Tuscaloosa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1968; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 20
- DOUGLAS MELVIN ALLENPrivate First Class · December 2, 1968
- JIMMIE MARRON ALVAREZPrivate First Class · December 2, 1968
- VINCENT JOHN ANASTASIOLance Corporal · December 2, 1968
- GEORGE HENRY BELANGERPrivate First Class · December 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JIMMIE MARRON ALVAREZPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 20
- JOSEPH AUSTIN HADLEYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 37W, Line 26
From Tuscaloosa
- HENRY CARLOS TISDALEPrivate First Class · April 21, 1966
- RONALD LYNN GUYERLance Corporal · May 25, 1966
- LAWRENCE EDWARD PAYNEMaster Sergeant · December 6, 1966
- TIMOTHY C ABRAMS JRPrivate First Class · January 3, 1967
- JERRY FRANKS HOGANLieutenant Commander · January 21, 1967
- ROBERT VICTOR CRAINSergeant First Class · March 15, 1967
- MICHAEL GEAN RUSHINGCorporal · May 29, 1967
- HENRY LEON LITTLECorporal · June 15, 1967
- BENJAMIN F ROBERTSON JRMajor · June 17, 1967
- THOMAS CARPENTER JRSpecialist Four · January 10, 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.