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DON CURTIS BENFIELD
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
February 18, 1945 – April 8, 1967
Service recordDon Curtis Benfield, of Macon, Georgia, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 8, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 120
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- F CO 2 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- February 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Macon, Georgia (Bibb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 120
- JAMES R BANKSStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1967
- KENNETH WAYNE BOAZPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- GARY AMOS CARSTENSPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- BILLY KAY CARVERCorporal · April 8, 1967
From Macon
- EDDIE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- RALPH LEON HINSONStaff Sergeant · December 17, 1965
- HAZE HOWARD IIISpecialist Four · July 3, 1966
- JIMMY ALVIN JOHNSONSergeant · September 23, 1966
- WAYNE THAD STRICKLANDCorporal · September 24, 1966
- WILLIAM SHERWOOD COCHRANPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- RALLS HAWKINSPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- SANDY LEE ROSSPrivate First Class · January 11, 1967
- WILLIS LEE FURNEYSergeant · March 9, 1967
- FRANKLIN DWIGHT RUISPrivate First Class · March 19, 1967
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.