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FRED ALFRED BENNER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 12, 1929 – April 13, 1966
Service recordFred Alfred Benner, of East St Louis, Illinois, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 108
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Single-Engine Single-Rotor Helicopter Repairman (67Q)
- Born
- November 12, 1929
- Home of record
- East St Louis, Illinois (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1966
- Age
- 36
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 108
- COLEY LOUIS WASHINGTON JRLance Corporal · April 12, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD BORDERPrivate · April 13, 1966
- RICHARD DAVID BORIEOPrivate First Class · April 13, 1966
- JOSEPH WHELTON BROWN IIICorporal · April 13, 1966
From East St Louis
- MICHAEL ALLEN LYLESPrivate First Class · August 16, 1965
- MICHAEL K MATHISONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- ALLIE WILLIAM CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD HARVEYPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- WILBUR DESMAR JACKSONStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1966
- RALPH BURTON COBBSLieutenant Commander · June 17, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL BERRYLance Corporal · July 22, 1966
- ARBAL ROLLINS JRLance Corporal · August 28, 1966
- EARL ELESTER IRVING JRSpecialist Four · September 11, 1966
- MICHAEL EDWARD SURWALDFirst Lieutenant · September 17, 1966
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.