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JOHN DAVID BENIEN
Captain · U.S. Army
June 1, 1942 – February 13, 1969
Service recordJohn David Benien, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1969, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 24
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- June 1, 1942
- Home of record
- Tulsa, Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1969; he was the only one lost in Darlac Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 24
- KENNETH ROBERT SAWYERCaptain · February 12, 1969
- RUBEN ANGUIANOPrivate First Class · February 13, 1969
- DANA RANDOLPH BARKERFirst Lieutenant · February 13, 1969
- JAMES BRANCHSergeant First Class · February 13, 1969
From Tulsa
- JORDEN DUWAYNE FORRESTERSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- MARTIN RONALD SCOTTColonel · March 15, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN DOKESergeant · March 24, 1966
- DAVID LEE CHAPMANPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- STANLEY GILBERT COXCaptain · May 18, 1966
- FLOYD WAYNE HAMILTONLance Corporal · May 23, 1966
- WILLIAM ROSS SAVAGEWarrant Officer 1 · June 24, 1966
- ISAIAH HERMAN WILSONPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- PAUL WILLIAM JOHNSONCaptain · July 22, 1966
- LEE GRANT JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 30, 1966
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.