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PHILLIP ERNEST BENJAMIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 8, 1948 – January 3, 1969
Service recordPhillip Ernest Benjamin, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 3, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 25
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 25
- WILLIAM STEVEN CHILDERSWarrant Officer 1 · January 3, 1969
- JOSEPH PETER COLASURDOSpecialist Four · January 3, 1969
- JOHN VICTOR COUTURESpecialist Five · January 3, 1969
- ELDRIDGE MAURICE DANIELSSpecialist Four · January 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GLENN PAUL MCADOOSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 28
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.