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KEITH LLOYD BENSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 27, 1947 – October 31, 1967
Service recordKeith Lloyd Benson, of Santa Clara, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 102
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Santa Clara, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1967; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 102
- DOUGLAS BROWNPlatoon Sergeant · October 31, 1967
- JOHN WAYNE CAVERSergeant · October 31, 1967
- CHARLES DANE CHAPMANPrivate First Class · October 31, 1967
- WALTER WAYNE CUNNINGHAMSergeant · October 31, 1967
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN EARL PARKSPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 105
From Santa Clara
- DAVID LEE ROSELance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- GREGG ERWIN REEDSeaman · September 28, 1966
- DARWIN JOEL THOMASEnsign · October 14, 1966
- JOHN PAUL FRANKELStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1966
- ROBERT KIYOSHI KAWAMURAStaff Sergeant · February 15, 1968
- KENNETH MICHAEL SHANNONCaptain · February 18, 1968
- ROBERT WARREN HARDESTYSpecialist Four · March 16, 1968
- TERRENCE JOHN BELLOMOPrivate First Class · March 21, 1968
- FREDRIC BRUCE DAVISSpecialist Four · January 14, 1973
- MICHAEL GLENN LIPSIUSPrivate First Class · April 19, 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.