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JEFFERY JAMES BENJAMIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 19, 1949 – May 25, 1970
Service recordJeffery James Benjamin, of Keenesburg, Colorado, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 94
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Keenesburg, Colorado (Weld County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 94
- GEORGE ALFRED BIRDWELLSpecialist Four · May 25, 1970
- GREGORY ALLEN BLAKENEYSpecialist Four · May 25, 1970
- BERNARD BRAYSpecialist Four · May 25, 1970
- PETER NORBERT BRUYERESpecialist Four · May 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BERNARD BRAYSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 94
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.