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DENNIS EUGENE BENEDETTI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 10, 1945 – December 1, 1966
Service recordDennis Eugene Benedetti, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 1, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 131
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 1, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 1, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 131
- LLOYD HANS ROHDEStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1966
- LEWIS ALBANESEPrivate First Class · December 1, 1966
- MELVIN WALLACE ANDERSONPrivate First Class · December 1, 1966
- WILLIAM RAYMOND BENNETTPrivate First Class · December 1, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LEWIS ALBANESEPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 131
- WILLIAM RAYMOND BENNETTPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 131
- ROBERT EDWARD BUTLERPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 132
- STEPHEN WAYNE DAYPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 132
- XAVIER FERNANDEZSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 132
- GEORGE LOUIS GAVARIASpecialist Five · Panel 13E, Line 1
- ALLAN JOSEPH NELSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 1
- CLIFFORD SMITHCaptain · Panel 13E, Line 2
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.