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JAMES MILTON BENICEK
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
October 2, 1950 – September 29, 1970
Service recordJames Milton Benicek, of Racine, Wisconsin, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on September 29, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 100
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Racine, Wisconsin (Racine County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 29, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date September 29, 1970; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 100
- EDWARD POLK MCCARTHY IIISpecialist Four · September 29, 1970
- IGNACIO MONTEROPrivate First Class · September 29, 1970
- ROBERT WILLIAM NELSONSpecialist Four · September 29, 1970
- WILLIAM JOSEPH ODSTRCILSpecialist Four · September 29, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT WILLIAM NELSONSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 100
From Racine
- GILBERT RONALD NICKERSONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT IRA BUSHCaptain · June 9, 1966
- ANTHONY GEORGE CALVERLEYLance Corporal · July 15, 1966
- WILLIAM JAMES ROHANPetty Officer Third Class · September 16, 1966
- JOHN CHARLES MERCIERLance Corporal · December 8, 1966
- LAVOUGHN HERMAN FOLKERSSergeant · February 28, 1967
- LARRY ALLEN WILLIAMSONSpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
- JAMES LEONARD BOEHLERPrivate First Class · August 21, 1967
- CHARLES ALLEN JOHNSONCorporal · September 11, 1967
- PAUL WINTON WAHLER JRFirst Lieutenant · November 18, 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.