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KENNETH ROGER BENJAMIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 23, 1948 – December 8, 1967
Service recordKenneth Roger Benjamin, of Spencer, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 8, 1967, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 63
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Spencer, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1967; five of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 63
- LARRY HUTTON BOWERSSpecialist Four · December 8, 1967
- HUBERT CLAYTON CARTERPlatoon Sergeant · December 8, 1967
- MARK JAMES CULLENPrivate First Class · December 8, 1967
- RICHARD LESTER DENNISSergeant First Class · December 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- HUBERT CLAYTON CARTERPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 31E, Line 63
- LEON CANFIELDSergeant First Class · Panel 31E, Line 64
- PAUL EDWARD DUFFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 64
- JOHN MACK RAYSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 66
- JOHN EDWARD THIELSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 67
From Spencer
- PAUL DAVID BERTHIAUMECaptain · December 23, 1965
- DAVID ANTHONY BLOUGHPrivate First Class · December 29, 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.