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DAVID EUGENE BENSON
Captain · U.S. Air Force
October 28, 1934 – September 18, 1965
Service recordDavid Eugene Benson, of Doraville, Georgia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 18, 1965, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 86
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- October 28, 1934
- Home of record
- Doraville, Georgia (De Kalb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1965
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1965; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 86
- GARY WINGATE GRIMESPetty Officer Third Class · August 24, 1965
- HAROLD ALVIN BIRDPetty Officer Third Class · September 18, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- HERBERT J DEXTERMajor · September 18, 1965
- LEROY HICKSPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
From Doraville
- GEORGE MAGEE LAMBERTON IIPrivate First Class · March 7, 1968
- CAREY WAYNE SMITHPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- RAYMOND L STANSBURY IISpecialist Four · August 17, 1970
- HOWARD DAVID PAYNE IIIFirst Lieutenant · April 27, 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.