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JOHNNY WILLIAM BENTON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 14, 1947 – November 25, 1968
Service recordJohnny William Benton, of Jerome, Idaho, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 25, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 54
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- May 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Jerome, Idaho (Jerome County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 25, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 54
- FRANCISCO ALVAREZSergeant · November 25, 1968
- MICHAEL DEAN BELLPrivate First Class · November 25, 1968
- MELVIN EDWARD BEVIERSpecialist Four · November 25, 1968
- WILBERT ALLEN ELLISONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS EUGENE NAYLORPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 61
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.