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DUDLEY JAMES BENEFIEL JR
First Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 30, 1932 – May 28, 1969
Service recordDudley James Benefiel JR, of Hagarstown, Illinois, served as a First Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 5
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. Army
- Rank
- First Sergeant (1SG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer Senior Sergeant (12Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 15 ENG CO 299 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- May 30, 1932
- Home of record
- Hagarstown, Illinois (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1969
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1969; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “15 ENG CO 299 ENG BN USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 5
- ROBERT CLYDE YATESCorporal · May 27, 1969
- DENNIS LEE BABCOCKPrivate · May 28, 1969
- FLOYD EDWARD BARBERSpecialist Four · May 28, 1969
- RONALD CHARLES BOOTHESpecialist Four · May 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FLOYD EDWARD BARBERSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 5
- JAMES STEPHEN COLOMBEROSpecialist Five · Panel 23W, Line 6
- VALENTINE MARION DWORNIKSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 8
- DAVID ROY MANNSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 10
- DENNIS RAY MEETZESpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 10
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.