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RAYMOND EDDIE BENSON
First Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 21, 1928 – April 23, 1967
Service recordRaymond Eddie Benson, of Glendo, Wyoming, served as a First Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 74
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
- First Sergeant (1SG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 21, 1928
- Home of record
- Glendo, Wyoming (Platte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1967
- Age
- 39
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1967. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 74
- WAYLAND JESS BATSONSpecialist Four · April 23, 1967
- HOWARD BULLARDPetty Officer Second Class · April 23, 1967
- STEPHEN LYNN COLOPYSpecialist Four · April 23, 1967
- JOSEPH FRANCIS DALYCorporal · April 23, 1967
Same unit, same day
- FREDERICK CHARLES SCHMIDTPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 76
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.