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BENTON FRANCIS ASBURY
Major · U.S. Air Force
February 23, 1933 – May 31, 1970
Service recordBenton Francis Asbury, of New Albany, Indiana, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 31, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 123
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 834 AIR DIV
- Born
- February 23, 1933
- Home of record
- New Albany, Indiana (Floyd County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1970
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1970; nine of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “834 AIR DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 123
- JOHN SIDNEY BONNER JRLieutenant Colonel · May 31, 1970
- JOHN CHARLES BURRISChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 31, 1970
- ROBERT KARL COOLEYPrivate First Class · May 31, 1970
- JOSEPH PETER DASTOLICorporal · May 31, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN SIDNEY BONNER JRLieutenant Colonel · Panel 10W, Line 123
- HAROLD JOSEPH SHEALieutenant Colonel · Panel 10W, Line 127
- DURWYN LEE WOLFStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 129
From New Albany
- FRANK RAYMOND STAMPERStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1966
- STEPHEN LEE TRAUGHBERCorporal · September 10, 1967
- DONALD RAY SCHROEDERCorporal · April 7, 1968
- HARRY FRANKLIN CARVERStaff Sergeant · April 10, 1968
- JERRY DOUGLAS CLARKPrivate First Class · April 11, 1968
- GLENNIS RAY KELLAMSStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1968
- RANDALL MARK DAVISPrivate First Class · June 4, 1968
- WALTER EDWARD LEWELLENSergeant · February 18, 1971
- THOMAS J GETTELFINGERSergeant · April 15, 1971
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.