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ROBERT DANIEL BENTON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 11, 1947 – October 29, 1966
Service recordRobert Daniel Benton, of Tempe, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 125
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Tempe, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 29, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date October 29, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 125
- WENDELL LEWIS WILSONSergeant · October 28, 1966
- RONALD WYATTPrivate First Class · October 28, 1966
- GLEN HARRY YOUNGPrivate First Class · October 28, 1966
- CARROLL DAVID ABBOTTSpecialist Four · October 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CARROLL DAVID ABBOTTSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 125
- PHILLIP RODNEY COLEMANPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 126
- RAYMOND DOSSSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 126
- WILLIAM GRANVILLE MANSFIELDSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 126
- RICHARD FRANK MUSTOPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 127
- DANIEL BENSON NOLFFPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 127
- RAYMOND PEARL JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 11E, Line 128
From Tempe
- RAMON DESCHAMPSPrivate First Class · July 18, 1966
- FRANCISCO PERAZA CHAIRASpecialist Four · October 8, 1966
- JESSIE YUTZE GOMEZSergeant · December 17, 1966
- LEIGH WALLACE HUNTLance Corporal · March 24, 1967
- WARREN GAMBIEL TEDRICK JRSergeant · March 7, 1968
- CHARLES MCRAE HARDYPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- BUCK EDWARD ALBRIGHTLance Corporal · May 23, 1969
- ANTHONY H FIGUEROA JRPrivate First Class · June 19, 1969
- BRUCE LYNN HANKINSSpecialist Four · November 16, 1970
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.