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FRANCIS ARTHUR BENOIT
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
April 24, 1944 – March 16, 1967
Service recordFrancis Arthur Benoit, of Red Lake Falls, Minnesota, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 16, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 88
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- E CO 2 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- April 24, 1944
- Home of record
- Red Lake Falls, Minnesota (Red Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1967; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 88
- JAMES PATRICK VADBUNKERPrivate First Class · March 15, 1967
- ROBERT RALPH ANDERSONSpecialist Four · March 16, 1967
- ELBERT FRANK BLACKBURNPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- PHILIP BROWNFELDLance Corporal · March 16, 1967
From Red Lake Falls
- MARK WARREN LONGTINPrivate First Class · September 20, 1968
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.