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PAUL ANTHONY BENKERT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 22, 1945 – January 7, 1967
Service recordPaul Anthony Benkert, of Fairchild Afb, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 7, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 120
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Radar Crewmember (17B)
- Born
- February 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Fairchild Afb, Washington (Spokane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1967; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 120
- EDWIN STEVEN BRAGUE JRFirst Lieutenant · January 7, 1967
- EDWARDO ENRI CAZANAS-DIAZSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- WILLY VASCILLE QUASTStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1967
- WILLIAM LEE COVINGTONLieutenant · January 7, 1969
From Fairchild Afb
- PHILIP SPRATT CLARK JRLieutenant Commander · December 24, 1972
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.