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CARROLL JOE BENTON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 23, 1951 – June 12, 1971
Service recordCarroll Joe Benton, of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 12, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 73
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 23, 1951
- Home of record
- Cape Girardeau, Missouri (Cape Girardeau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 73
- THOMAS WILLIAM BEATTYSpecialist Five · June 12, 1971
- RALPH LEE CHURCHFirst Lieutenant · June 12, 1971
- GARY LEWIS PFLASTERStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1971
- STEVEN JOHN ELLISPrivate First Class · June 13, 1971
From Cape Girardeau
- GARY LEROY SCHEMELPrivate First Class · September 26, 1965
- ROBERT RAYMOND GREGORYLieutenant Colonel · December 2, 1966
- ELWIN HARRY BUSCHCaptain · June 9, 1967
- JOHN SHELBY BURFORDMajor · August 30, 1967
- ROBERT LEE TAYLOR JRCorporal · March 8, 1968
- CHARLES RICHARD FINLEYPrivate First Class · April 11, 1968
- TERRANCE LEE BROCKSpecialist Four · January 4, 1969
- STEPHEN BLAKE PEELSpecialist Four · August 7, 1969
- ROBERT DALE MCFALLSergeant · March 10, 1970
- EARL WATSON THARP JRSpecialist Five · June 26, 1970
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.