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GREGORY REA BENTON JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 18, 1950 – May 23, 1969
Service recordGregory Rea Benton JR, of Vallejo, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on May 23, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 81
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 1 BN 9 MAR 3 MAR
- Born
- April 18, 1950
- Home of record
- Vallejo, California (Solano County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- May 23, 1969
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 24W, Line 81
- ROBERT LEE ANDERSONCorporal · May 23, 1969
- GERALD ALLAN BLAIRCorporal · May 23, 1969
- ROBERT LEE BOESECorporal · May 23, 1969
- MARTIN BROWNPetty Officer Third Class · May 23, 1969
From Vallejo
- ROY LOCKHARTStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- CHARLES SHERLEE SATCHERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- ERNEST EUGENE SIMONSCorporal · April 16, 1966
- RUSSELL MARK WAGNERSergeant · January 28, 1967
- THOMAS LYLE BARLEENCorporal · April 12, 1967
- FREDERICK W FROMME JRLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- TERRY ALAN HARDINGPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- TOMMY RAY GARTONSpecialist Four · June 15, 1967
- ALFONSO PAUL BARTALOTTIPrivate First Class · November 27, 1967
- VICTOR ANTHONY ENDERIZSergeant · December 2, 1967
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.