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PATRICK HENRY BENZE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 19, 1947 – March 26, 1969
Service recordPatrick Henry Benze, of O'neill, Nebraska, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 42
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 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 19, 1947
- Home of record
- O'neill, Nebraska (Holt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 42
- ANTONIO LOPEZ ALHOSergeant · March 26, 1969
- ROBERT LOUIS ATKINSON JRPrivate First Class · March 26, 1969
- MICHAEL ROGER BALLLance Corporal · March 26, 1969
- DONALD EUGENE BARNETTStaff Sergeant · March 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DONALD STEVEN FORESTCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 45
- EDDIE LEE HATLEYSpecialist Five · Panel 28W, Line 47
- DAVID JAY HUFFMANCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 47
- THEODORE E HEINSELMANSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 48
- CARLTON LEE MONROESpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 50
- TERRY DWIGHT MOORESpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 50
- LEONARD JOHN HALLSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 51
- DONALD JOSEPH RICHTERCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 51
- JAMES LLOYD STEWARTSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 53
- ROGER DUANE YOUNGSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 56
From O'neill
- HERBERT OWEN BRENNANColonel · November 26, 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.