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JOSEPH TATEM BENTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 10, 1943 – February 18, 1966
Service recordJoseph Tatem Benton, of Hertford, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 44
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 10, 1943
- Home of record
- Hertford, North Carolina (Perquimans County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 5E, Line 44
- DAVID ELGA WHITTENSpecialist Four · February 17, 1966
- MARK HILLARY ZELDESSecond Lieutenant · February 17, 1966
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- RICHARD FRANK BARNESPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DAMION RANDOLPH HILTSSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 45
- DANIEL FERNANDEZSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 46
From Hertford
- MASON NIXON JRPrivate First Class · May 25, 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.