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FREDDIE JAMES BENJAMIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 4, 1947 – November 19, 1967
Service recordFreddie James Benjamin, of Natchitoches, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 19, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 22
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Natchitoches, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
77 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1967; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 22
- ERVIN G ASCHENBRENER JRCorporal · November 19, 1967
- DAVID WILLIAM BARKFELTSpecialist Four · November 19, 1967
- JAMES ALLEN BELVEALPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- ROY JAMES BLACKWELL JRSpecialist Four · November 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CLARENCE LOUIS HARLOWPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 26
- DAVID LE ROY FARRPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 30
- JOSEPH VINCENT ZELINSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 36
From Natchitoches
- CARL EDWIN JACKSONCaptain · June 27, 1965
- ABELL MOSESPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- CARSON EARL HAIRELance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD METOYERLance Corporal · August 31, 1966
- CARROLL L RODGERSStaff Sergeant · November 28, 1966
- OTIS LEWISPlatoon Sergeant · February 10, 1967
- CLARENCE EDGAR WATERSCorporal · September 12, 1967
- CHARLES DOTYPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- TOMMY LLOYD WYATTCorporal · February 22, 1969
- ROBERT GLEN POTTERSpecialist Five · January 13, 1970
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.