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ROBERT TRAME BENSBERG
Captain · U.S. Army
March 30, 1941 – May 27, 1969
Service recordRobert Trame Bensberg, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 114
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 30, 1941
- Home of record
- Colorado Springs, Colorado (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 114
- ROBERT CLAY VANVLEETPrivate First Class · May 26, 1969
- WILLIAM LEE ANDERSONSergeant · May 27, 1969
- CHRISTOPHER JAMES BELLSpecialist Four · May 27, 1969
- SCOTT EDWARD COCHRANCorporal · May 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES CLINTON FLEEKSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 116
From Colorado Springs
- RALPH ALLEN DUNNWarrant Officer 1 · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT ROMACKPrivate First Class · May 9, 1966
- DONALD ESTEL COOKSergeant · June 8, 1966
- CHARLIE FRAZIER JRStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- ROBERT DELL MOORESeaman · January 14, 1967
- WILLIAM ARCHIE JONES JRPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- JAMES OLEN MILLERPetty Officer Second Class · February 6, 1967
- BENITO ALANIZSergeant · March 19, 1967
- TIMOTHY JAMES IVESCorporal · April 30, 1967
- PAUL FREDERICK KIECKERLieutenant Colonel · June 17, 1967
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.