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HENRY EDWIN BENTON JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 31, 1943 – August 17, 1968
Service recordHenry Edwin Benton JR, of Wilson, North Carolina, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 17, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 32
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 31, 1943
- Home of record
- Wilson, North Carolina (Wilson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1968; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 48W, Line 32
- CARLOS GONZALEZPrivate First Class · August 17, 1968
- ROBERT ALLEN HANNAMANSpecialist Four · August 17, 1968
- PAUL JAMES MEAUXCorporal · August 17, 1968
- HOMER LAMAR MULLINAXSpecialist Four · August 17, 1968
From Wilson
- AMOS CARLTON WATSONSpecialist Four · May 11, 1965
- RUDOLPH WHITAKERPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
- HORACE POPE ROGERS JRSergeant · June 24, 1966
- RONNIE LEE BRAYLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- JAMES JUNIUS RUFFINSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- ARCHIE LEE COOPERLance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- WILBUR CORNELL GASKINSPrivate First Class · April 18, 1968
- CHARLES WORTH MILLARDChief Warrant Officer 4 · April 19, 1968
- EDMUND JOSEPH KELLYStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY TAYLORCaptain · May 23, 1968
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.