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GARLAND DAVE BENOIT
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 21, 1949 – March 18, 1970
Service recordGarland Dave Benoit, of Lake Arthur, Louisiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 18, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 16
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Lake Arthur, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 16
- MARK ANDREW WHIKEHARTWarrant Officer 1 · March 17, 1970
- RICHARD HERBERT WILSONSergeant · March 17, 1970
- LAWRENCE RAY BARNSStaff Sergeant · March 18, 1970
- MCARTHUR JOHNSONSergeant · March 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE RAY BARNSStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 16
From Lake Arthur
- DONALD CHARLES GILLETTSpecialist Four · March 10, 1969
- HAROLD JAMES HARTWELLPetty Officer Third Class · March 25, 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.