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GARY THOMAS BENJAMIN
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 5, 1951 – September 8, 1969
Service recordGary Thomas Benjamin, of Berkshire, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 8, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 57
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 5, 1951
- Home of record
- Berkshire, Massachusetts (Berkshire County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 57
- PETER JOHN TROYSecond Lieutenant · September 7, 1969
- JESS H VANWINKLE JRSergeant · September 7, 1969
- FRANK WRIGHT JRPrivate First Class · September 7, 1969
- JESSE JAMES ARTHUR IIIPrivate First Class · September 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS EDWARD GUYCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 58
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.