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JOSE EMILI BENITEZ-RIVERA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 26, 1947 – June 22, 1968
Service recordJose Emili Benitez-Rivera, of Carolina, Puerto Rico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 22, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 17
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Carolina, Puerto Rico (Carolina County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 22, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date June 22, 1968; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 17
- STEPHEN ARCHIE WALKERSergeant · June 21, 1968
- JERRY DELBERT ABEYTACorporal · June 22, 1968
- LE ROY FRED ARELLANOSergeant · June 22, 1968
- JOHN DAVID BABINSACKStaff Sergeant · June 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LE ROY FRED ARELLANOSergeant · Panel 55W, Line 17
- FREDDY GREENESpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 18
- TATE TALMAGE HACKNEY IIIStaff Sergeant · Panel 55W, Line 18
- RONALD SAUNDERSSpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 19
- DARYEL JOE YOUNGPrivate First Class · Panel 55W, Line 19
From Carolina
- MANUEL GONZALEZ-MALDONADAPrivate First Class · October 22, 1965
- RUBEN A VAZQUEZ-BERRIOSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1967
- CARMELO SOSA-HIRALDOPrivate First Class · August 24, 1968
- HECTOR M SANCHEZ-ROHENASpecialist Four · March 19, 1969
- WALTER XABIER MENDEZPrivate First Class · February 1, 1971
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.