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BORIS ROMAN BENJAMIN BENTLEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 17, 1945 – August 3, 1967
Service recordBoris Roman Benjamin Bentley, of San Francisco, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 3, 1967, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 70
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 17, 1945
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 3, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 3, 1967; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 70
- DONALD MICHAEL SOWERPrivate First Class · August 2, 1967
- RAY W STOTLERPrivate First Class · August 2, 1967
- MICHAEL LAWRENCE TROMBLEYLance Corporal · August 2, 1967
- ALBERT FLOYD WRIGHT JRCorporal · August 2, 1967
Same unit, same day
- FRED MICHAEL GARDNERCorporal · Panel 24E, Line 72
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 1965
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.