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ROBERT WILLIAM BENJAMIN
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 15, 1947 – November 3, 1968
Service recordRobert William Benjamin, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 3, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1968; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 40 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 11
- FRANK JOSEPH YOKESCorporal · November 2, 1968
- JOSEPH EDWARD DAVIS JRLance Corporal · November 3, 1968
- LARRY DOUGLAS DUBOSEPrivate First Class · November 3, 1968
- MICHAEL JOSEPH FOYCorporal · November 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- VAN V RIBUCANStaff Sergeant · Panel 39W, Line 13
From Honolulu
- JAMES GABRIEL JRSpecialist Five · April 8, 1962
- JAMES HIROSHI ISHIHARAChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 10, 1963
- ALAN YUKIO MATSUURAPrivate First Class · April 12, 1964
- JOSEPH N HAOSergeant First Class · November 14, 1964
- ALBERT KALAHANA KUEWAAirman · September 18, 1964
- FLORENDO B PASCUALSergeant First Class · November 3, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY WHITECorporal · December 3, 1965
- ROY SHIGERU KOBAYASHICaptain · January 23, 1966
- SAMUEL POOKEAOKAL GIFFARDStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GEORGE GRANT KING WEBB JRLance Corporal · February 10, 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.