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CARL BENJAMIN HELM
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 28, 1936 – June 24, 1968
Service recordCarl Benjamin Helm, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 26
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 28, 1936
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1968
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1968; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 26
- LEROY JACK BROWNINGSergeant Major · June 24, 1968
- JAMES DONALD BUDAHAZY IISpecialist Four · June 24, 1968
- NICHOLAS MALLORY CARPENTERLieutenant Commander · June 24, 1968
- WARREN NELSON CHAPMANSergeant · June 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD PETER STASIOPrivate First Class · Panel 55W, Line 31
- ARTHUR WAYNE THOMASPrivate First Class · Panel 55W, Line 31
- JOSE HERIBERTO RAMIREZPrivate First Class · Panel 55W, Line 32
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 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.