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FREDERICK LEE BENISHEK
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 8, 1949 – June 7, 1969
Service recordFrederick Lee Benishek, of Antigo, Wisconsin, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 7, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 95
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Antigo, Wisconsin (Langlade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1969; 38 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 95
- DONALD ARRIBILance Corporal · June 7, 1969
- LARRY NEIL BAKKESergeant · June 7, 1969
- FREDERICK DOUGLAS BARGEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- JOHN MELVIN BLACKFORDStaff Sergeant · June 7, 1969
From Antigo
- THOMAS EARL DOBRINSKASecond Lieutenant · February 10, 1968
- WILLIAM LEDFOR CUNNINGHAMPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- LARRY JAMES LEINDECKERSeaman · April 30, 1968
- JOSEPH JAMES PETERLICHLance Corporal · May 19, 1968
- MICHAEL PAUL MALUEGPrivate First Class · March 6, 1969
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.