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JOSEPH BENSON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
May 2, 1943 – August 17, 1967
Service recordJoseph Benson, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on August 17, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Multi-Engine Airplane Repairman (67K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 18 AVN CO 14 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 2, 1943
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 4
- ROBERT ROLAND WATROUSCorporal · August 16, 1967
- RONALD PAUL WINTERSFirst Lieutenant · August 16, 1967
- ROBERT W BATESSpecialist Four · August 17, 1967
- JOHN CURTIS BURDENHospitalman · August 17, 1967
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 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.