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JOSEPH FRANK BENAK
Fireman · U.S. Navy
March 1, 1950 – December 11, 1969
Service recordJoseph Frank Benak, of Jupiter, Florida, served as a Fireman in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 11, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 47
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. Navy
- Rank
- Fireman (FN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Fireman (FN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 15 ASLT DIV 15
- Born
- March 1, 1950
- Home of record
- Jupiter, Florida (Palm Beach County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 11, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date December 11, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 15 ASLT DIV 15”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 47
- ARTHUR BOYD CLARKSergeant · December 11, 1969
- STEPHEN GRANT CONNERLance Corporal · December 11, 1969
- LARRY RAY DAMERONPetty Officer Third Class · December 11, 1969
- DAVID DOWNING DICKERSONCorporal · December 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY RAY DAMERONPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 15W, Line 47
From Jupiter
- GENRETT WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · January 31, 1966
- HUGH ROBERT FLEMISTERPrivate First Class · October 7, 1967
- CHARLES WALLACE JRPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- JAY WESLY LADNERLance Corporal · March 7, 1970
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.