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ROBERT WILLIAM BENSON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
February 14, 1946 – December 20, 1968
Service recordRobert William Benson, of Bakersfield, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on December 20, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 47
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Bakersfield, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 20, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1968; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 47
- MICHAEL PATRICK WALSHPrivate First Class · December 19, 1968
- LANNY LAMAR WESSONSergeant · December 19, 1968
- DONNIE LEON WORTHEYPrivate First Class · December 19, 1968
- JACK PATRICK BLAKECaptain · December 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL MILLER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 52
- HOWARD JAMES VAUGHANCorporal · Panel 36W, Line 54
From Bakersfield
- CLAYTON ALLEN FANNINCaptain · January 10, 1963
- PAUL E RYTTERPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- EDWARD JOUJON-ROCHEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BENNIE FRANK PARKERSergeant · January 30, 1966
- BILLY G FRYMaster Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- ERNESTO DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- BOBBY ROY HOLLEYLance Corporal · July 19, 1966
- JOHN WHILDEN PERICHPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- JAMES BURTON MILLSLieutenant Commander · September 21, 1966
- TOMMY JONESPrivate First Class · December 2, 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.