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HOWARD GILBERT BENFORD
Senior Master Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
January 4, 1922 – December 19, 1969
Service recordHoward Gilbert Benford, of Thomaston, Georgia, served as a Senior Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 19, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 47. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 36
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Senior Master Sergeant (SMSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 4, 1922
- Home of record
- Thomaston, Georgia (Upson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1969
- Age
- 47
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1969. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 36
- RAYMOND EARL OTTSpecialist Four · March 23, 1970
- SCOTT KENTON PARDEEWarrant Officer 1 · March 23, 1970
- WILLIAM ITHEL PIRKLESergeant · March 23, 1970
- JOHN SCOTT RICKCorporal · March 23, 1970
- TOMMY HERMAN SWAINPrivate First Class · March 23, 1970
From Thomaston
- PERRY LEE HARRISPrivate First Class · January 29, 1967
- JIMMY LEE BUSSEYPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- DAVID ADOLPHUS TAYLORPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- EUGENE OLIVER OWENBYCorporal · May 19, 1967
- THURLO MERIDA MCCLURECorporal · August 16, 1967
- GEORGE RONALD FULLERCorporal · February 19, 1968
- JOSEPH LAMAR JORDANPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- RICKY GENE HARRISONPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- THOMAS GERALD DICKERSONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1968
- ROY ARNOLD CARROLLSpecialist Four · April 22, 1969
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.