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RICHARD DALE BENZEL
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
October 6, 1932 – December 6, 1962
Service recordRichard Dale Benzel, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 6, 1962, in South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- October 6, 1932
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1962
- Age
- 30
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1962. In December 1962, 2 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 14
- JOHNNIE GENE LEESergeant · November 3, 1962
- GARRY CLAYTON MCFETRIDGEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1962
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- WILLIAM BOYD TULLYFirst Lieutenant · November 5, 1962
From Portland
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 1966
- LEWIS RAY DIETZPrivate · February 14, 1966
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.