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JOHN FREDERICK BENSE JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 7, 1945 – April 17, 1967
Service recordJohn Frederick Bense JR, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 40
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 7, 1945
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1967; ten of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 40
- FRANCISCO GARZAPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- JOHNNY WAYNE GOULDStaff Sergeant · April 17, 1967
- JAMES CARLOS HELTONMaster Sergeant · April 17, 1967
- FITZ-RANDOLPH BU MCBRIDECaptain · April 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD HAMILTON BRIDGESSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 39
- FRANCISCO GARZAPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 40
- JOHNNY WAYNE GOULDStaff Sergeant · Panel 18E, Line 40
- GRAHAM RAY HICKLENPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 41
- EDWARD MICHAEL HOWELLSergeant First Class · Panel 18E, Line 41
- JULIO MASSO-PEREZPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 41
- EARL LEE DERBYSergeant · Panel 18E, Line 42
- DAVID ALLEN RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 42
- EMORY LE ROY TAYLORPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 43
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.