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KENDAL LEE BENNEY JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 22, 1948 – August 20, 1967
Service recordKendal Lee Benney JR, of Ypsilanti, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 20, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 18
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- February 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Ypsilanti, Michigan (Washtenaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 18
- ROBERT EDWARD VIGGIANOPrivate First Class · August 19, 1967
- GARFIELD WEST JRPrivate First Class · August 19, 1967
- HAROLD BAUCHIEROLance Corporal · August 20, 1967
- BERNARD BRUCE BRITTONSpecialist Four · August 20, 1967
From Ypsilanti
- WILLIAM LENNINGTON BROWNLieutenant · July 9, 1965
- JACK MAYNARD HOPKINSCorporal · March 2, 1966
- HERMON EUGENE FULLER JRLance Corporal · September 25, 1966
- DAVID SCOTT PALMERHospitalman · July 5, 1967
- THOMAS LEONARD CLELANDSpecialist Four · July 11, 1967
- CARL ROBERT ARVINCaptain · October 8, 1967
- CHARLES WESLEY BIRDSpecialist Four · October 14, 1967
- ROBERT ALLEN ALBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 4, 1967
- GRADY MERRIL JORDANSergeant First Class · December 24, 1967
- DANNIE LEWIS JOHNSONSergeant · December 30, 1967
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.