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JOSEPH WAYNE BENEDICT
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 21, 1947 – January 19, 1968
Service recordJoseph Wayne Benedict, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 19, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 74
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 74
- DONALD BOWENPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD BRUNNPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- KERRY MICHAEL BUGAJSKYSpecialist Four · January 19, 1968
- WILLIAM PAUL BURGOONLance Corporal · January 19, 1968
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 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.