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BENTON CLAUDE WILLIAMSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 10, 1951 – October 17, 1970
Service recordBenton Claude Williamson, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 17, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 6
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 10, 1951
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 6
- JOHN MERLE THAYERAirman First Class · October 17, 1970
- CHARLES EDWARD THOMASChief Petty Officer · October 17, 1970
- JOHN CARL ZAGERCorporal · October 17, 1970
- RAE ARVID BAILEYSergeant · October 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILBERT EARL JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 5
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 1966
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.