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CHARLES BENNY HIGHT
Private · U.S. Army
February 14, 1949 – May 1, 1969
Service recordCharles Benny Hight, of Visalia, California, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 91
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Visalia, California (Tulare County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1969
- Age
- 20
- 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 May 1, 1969; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 91
- GARRY LEE HAYESPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
- RONALD ALLEN HILLSpecialist Four · May 1, 1969
- EDWARD ANDREW HORN JRPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
- PAUL STUART LAVEROCKPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN DALE BELSLYCorporal · Panel 26W, Line 89
- JAMES DEE BLASKOSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 89
- LARRY RICHARD COLLINSSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 90
- RONALD ALLEN HILLSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 91
- JOHN DAVID SEXTONSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 94
- KENNETH LEROY WHITEStaff Sergeant · Panel 26W, Line 96
From Visalia
- DANNY DAVID DYESpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- ALONZO DALE WOODSSergeant · May 2, 1967
- REYNALDO B FLOREZPrivate First Class · June 26, 1967
- ROGER GORDON LEADBETTERSergeant · February 10, 1968
- JAMES LOUIS KELLERStaff Sergeant · April 17, 1968
- LOUR LEDESMASergeant · April 23, 1968
- MICHAEL MALLORY MONTGOMERYCorporal · May 5, 1968
- PHILLIP SHERMAN MOHNIKEChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 27, 1969
- LAWRENCE ROBERT WARFSpecialist Four · January 3, 1970
- FLOYD DANIEL WIMERSergeant · January 27, 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.