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LEWIS BENTON LONG
Chief Petty Officer · U.S. Navy
April 25, 1925 – January 20, 1966
Service recordLewis Benton Long, of Kingsburg, California, served as a Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 20, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 80
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. Navy
- Rank
- Chief Petty Officer (CPO)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- April 25, 1925
- Home of record
- Kingsburg, California (Fresno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1966
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 80
- RAYMOND LAVOY BOATWRIGHTSergeant · January 19, 1966
- KENNETH LEROY BAUERStaff Sergeant · January 20, 1966
- JOHN DAVID COFFIELDPrivate First Class · January 20, 1966
- OLEN WESLEY RASNICPrivate First Class · January 20, 1966
From Kingsburg
- HARVEY GENE ADAIRPrivate First Class · March 27, 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.