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JOSEPH BENOSKI JR
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
October 23, 1933 – March 27, 1970
Service recordJoseph Benoski JR, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on March 27, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 48
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
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHB 1 BN 39 ARTY 108 ARTY GRP
- Born
- October 23, 1933
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1970
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “HHB 1 BN 39 ARTY 108 ARTY GRP”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 48
- GARY LEE EDWARDSSpecialist Four · March 27, 1970
- ARNOLD GARZA GARZACorporal · March 27, 1970
- BILLY JACOB HARTSFIELDSpecialist Four · March 27, 1970
- JOHN LEE HOUSEStaff Sergeant · March 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RALPH RICHARD QUICK JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 12W, Line 49
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 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.