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PABLO BENITEZ GARZA
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
November 28, 1931 – November 20, 1969
Service recordPablo Benitez Garza, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 98
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 28, 1931
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1969
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1969; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 98
- ANTHONY JACK CARLUCCISpecialist Four · November 20, 1969
- RAYMOND ALLEN CHARTIERPrivate First Class · November 20, 1969
- JAMES MILTON DALESpecialist Five · November 20, 1969
- LESLIE AARON DALRYMPLECorporal · November 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LESLIE TOBIAS HAMMACKStaff Sergeant · Panel 16W, Line 99
- CHARLES EDWARD MOAKE JRSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 101
- ROGER STEVEN POWERSSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 102
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
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.