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MARTIN JOSEPH BENSON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 20, 1945 – February 26, 1970
Service recordMartin Joseph Benson, of Wayzata, Minnesota, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 26, 1970, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 57
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Ch-46 Qualified (7562)
- Born
- May 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Wayzata, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quang Duc Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 57
- THERMON HENRY EMORY JRPetty Officer First Class · February 26, 1970
- ROBERT LANE FALLOWSPetty Officer Third Class · February 26, 1970
- MICHAEL JOHN FLEMINGSergeant · February 26, 1970
- FRANK BARD GLENDENNINGPetty Officer Third Class · February 26, 1970
From Wayzata
- BRUCE JEFFREY NELSONPrivate First Class · August 25, 1968
- THOMAS JOHN KOOBSpecialist Four · March 13, 1969
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.