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SAMUEL EDWARD BENGE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 13, 1948 – June 3, 1969
Service recordSamuel Edward Benge, of New Ross, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 50
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 13, 1948
- Home of record
- New Ross, Indiana (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1969; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 122 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 50
- ROBERT JON BEAMANPrivate First Class · June 3, 1969
- DENNIS FLOYD BIBERDORFCorporal · June 3, 1969
- THOMAS MARVIN BONINEChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 3, 1969
- BRUCE EDWARD BROWNPetty Officer Third Class · June 3, 1969
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.