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JORGE LUIS ISALES-BENITEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 10, 1942 – June 3, 1966
Service recordJorge Luis Isales-Benitez, of Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 3
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 10, 1942
- Home of record
- Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico (San Juan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 113 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 3
- DONALD LEE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · June 3, 1966
- GARTH WAYNE KECK JRLance Corporal · June 3, 1966
- RUSSELL EMIL KRAUSEPrivate First Class · June 3, 1966
- THEODORE EUGENE KRYSZAKColonel · June 3, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DONALD LEE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 3
- CARL SYLVESTER PARKERPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 4
From Rio Piedras
- LUIS RAFAEL JIMENEZStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- ANTONIO BARBOSA-VILLAFANEPrivate First Class · February 4, 1966
- CRISTOBAL MELENDEZSergeant First Class · September 29, 1966
- ULISES ORTIZ-COLONPrivate First Class · October 29, 1966
- JOSE LUIS FONTANEZ-VELEZPrivate · November 4, 1966
- LUDIN BERMUDEZ-QUINONESPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- ANTONIO HERNANDEZ-SOTOPrivate First Class · November 22, 1969
- AMALIO PAGAN-PAGANSpecialist Four · March 27, 1967
- JOSE LUIS MIRANDA-ORTIZStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1967
- JOSE LUIS ALVAREZ-TAPIAPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
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.