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BENNY THOMAS GISH
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 23, 1946 – July 9, 1969
Service recordBenny Thomas Gish, of Springfield, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 9, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 88
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Springfield, Missouri (Greene County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 9, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 9, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 88
- JOHN BRUCE CORNWELLSpecialist Five · July 9, 1969
- JAMES ROBERT DAVISSergeant · July 9, 1969
- ROBERT DIAKOWPrivate First Class · July 9, 1969
- JAMES CORNELIUS DOLOUGHTYStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1969
From Springfield
- SHEPHEN HIETT PHILLIPSSergeant · July 18, 1965
- WILBERT CLAUDE DAVISSergeant · October 12, 1965
- DAVID MARSHALL KNIGHTSpecialist Four · March 30, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- DOUGLAS BLAKE HAMILTONPrivate First Class · April 24, 1967
- JACK EUGENE GOSS IIPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- RANDALL KERWIN RUSSELLSergeant · July 6, 1967
- ROBERT DEAN CRAWFORDPrivate First Class · October 24, 1967
- JAMES DOYLE STOKESPrivate · November 30, 1967
- CHARLES KIRBY WILCOXCaptain · January 9, 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.