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GILBERT ALBERT BENAIM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 27, 1947 – January 14, 1970
Service recordGilbert Albert Benaim, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 14, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 33
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 27, 1947
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 33
- ROGER GENE KIDWELLPrivate First Class · January 14, 1970
- WILLIAM LEONARDCorporal · January 14, 1970
- REINALD SANTIAGO-CASTILLO JRSpecialist Four · January 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MARTIN SULLY SCHILLER JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 14W, Line 34
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 1965
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.