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DAVID HOWARD BENALLIE
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 14, 1945 – October 10, 1969
Service recordDavid Howard Benallie, of Montezuma Creek, Utah, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 10, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 60
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Montezuma Creek, Utah (San Juan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 10, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 60
- TONY MARIA VASQUEZSpecialist Four · October 9, 1969
- WILLIAM RAYMOND ADAMSCorporal · October 10, 1969
- THOMAS FRANCIS BROWN JRWarrant Officer 1 · October 10, 1969
- CHARLES FRANKLIN BURRELLFirst Lieutenant · October 10, 1969
From Montezuma Creek
- ROBERT LEE BROCKCorporal · May 24, 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.