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DAVID GUERRERO BENAVENTE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 27, 1935 – November 23, 1965
Service recordDavid Guerrero Benavente, of Dededo, Guam, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 23, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 110
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- November 27, 1935
- Home of record
- Dededo, Guam (Guam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 23, 1965
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 110
- L C BLAKESergeant First Class · November 23, 1965
- ROGER GEORGE BRITTENSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- JOHN VELCO FIORENTINSecond Lieutenant · November 23, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
From Dededo
- JUAN DUENAS CEPEDASergeant · July 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD ANDER SANTOSSpecialist Four · March 16, 1967
- JAMES LUJAN BLAZLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
- DONALD SUMINGUIT CARTERPrivate First Class · January 10, 1969
- JOHN ANTHONY PEREZSpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
- EUGENE RAYMOND RIPPELSpecialist Four · July 21, 1969
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.