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ROBERT CHARLES BENOIT JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 8, 1947 – September 7, 1969
Service recordRobert Charles Benoit JR, of Mt Clemens, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 7, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 53
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Mt Clemens, Michigan (Macomb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 7, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 7, 1969; five of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 53
- RICHARD JAMES BEST JRSpecialist Four · September 7, 1969
- ROGER WAYNE BISHOPCorporal · September 7, 1969
- GARY LEE BOWDLERSpecialist Four · September 7, 1969
- JOHN LEWIS ERFORD JRCorporal · September 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALLAN WAYNE PERSICKESpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 55
From Mt Clemens
- JERRY LEE ROBERTSCorporal · September 1, 1965
- TERENCE RONALD TANGENPrivate · June 10, 1966
- FRANK J KREBSPrivate First Class · January 17, 1967
- SAMUEL DWIGHT THOMPSONPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- ELMER FRED KEPSELPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- FREDERICK CARMEN KUNNACorporal · March 20, 1967
- MARIANO LEIJA JRCorporal · May 12, 1967
- ROBERT ALAN HANSELMANSpecialist Four · December 22, 1967
- MARVIN HAROLD JONES JRPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- DAVID MICHAEL DROBFirst Lieutenant · July 22, 1968
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.