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RICHARD BENJAMIN
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 20, 1945 – February 6, 1968
Service recordRichard Benjamin, of Atmore, Alabama, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 48
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Atmore, Alabama (Escambia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
147 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 48
- LARRY GENE BARHAMPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
- IVYL RAY BENDERLance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- WILLIAM H BLAKE JRPrivate · February 6, 1968
- FORREST LEE BOLINSpecialist Four · February 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WAYNE DOUGLAS BOYERCorporal · Panel 37E, Line 49
- DONALD EUGENE CLARKSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 52
- RAYMOND EARL DUNLAPSecond Lieutenant · Panel 37E, Line 54
- MICHAEL ALLARD HODGEPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 54
- JOHN PAUL ESPARZA JRCorporal · Panel 37E, Line 55
- GREGORY JONESSergeant · Panel 37E, Line 59
- LOUIS JAMES ORISONStaff Sergeant · Panel 37E, Line 65
- PAUL RICHARD PADUCHOWSKICorporal · Panel 37E, Line 65
- JOHN JAMES PETRILLOSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 66
- DONALD JOHN RUSSIN JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 37E, Line 68
- JERRY G SIMSStaff Sergeant · Panel 37E, Line 70
- LOUIS VINCENT SUPINOStaff Sergeant · Panel 37E, Line 70
- BRADFORD LEE TROUTSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 73
From Atmore
- JACK ELLIOTT CLEMMONSSpecialist Five · December 18, 1965
- ELMER JACK TAYLORSergeant · March 30, 1966
- JAMES MATHEW KELLYSpecialist Four · November 8, 1966
- LARRY EUGENE GONZALEZPrivate First Class · December 21, 1967
- ALLEN TWIGGS MERRITT IVPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- LARRY BENJAMIN THOMASSpecialist Four · January 15, 1969
- JAMES RAYFORD GOHAGINSpecialist Five · May 13, 1969
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.