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JUAN BENITEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 28, 1941 – October 17, 1965
Service recordJuan Benitez, of Donna, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 17, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 124
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- August 28, 1941
- Home of record
- Donna, Texas (Hidalgo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 124
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- ROBERT HARRY SCHULER JRMajor · October 15, 1965
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT CHAMBLEYStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1965
- CHARLES ROBERT CHEMISGunnery Sergeant · October 17, 1965
From Donna
- GUADALUPE MASIAS ALVAREZLance Corporal · September 9, 1967
- RAFAEL DELEON JRPrivate First Class · April 15, 1969
- RAUL GARCIA JRCorporal · January 2, 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.