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PAUL BRIAN BENOIT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 21, 1949 – November 29, 1969
Service recordPaul Brian Benoit, of Virginia Beach, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 29, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 3
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Imagery Analyst (96D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B DET 1 MI BN 525 MI GRP USARV
- Born
- April 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Virginia Beach, Virginia (Virginia Beach (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 3
- DENNIS DEAN BOGLEWarrant Officer 1 · November 29, 1969
- RICHARD HOWARD BOISEPrivate First Class · November 29, 1969
- ROBERT STEVEN CLEMENTSPrivate First Class · November 29, 1969
- ROBERT OTTO EDERSpecialist Four · November 29, 1969
From Virginia Beach
- RALPH WINDALL CARTWRIGHTPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- WILLIAM A BURNETTPrivate First Class · December 29, 1965
- MARVIN BONNEY SMITH JRSpecialist Four · January 11, 1966
- ALLEN THOMAS WHEATONPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RONALD EDWARD ANGESpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- DENNIS R BALFOURPrivate First Class · September 10, 1966
- STERLING SADLER WOODSCorporal · May 10, 1967
- OTTO ANDREAE SEAMANS JRWarrant Officer 1 · May 18, 1967
- ROBERT THOMAS BOYKINPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- HAROLD EARL YOUNGSpecialist Five · July 27, 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.