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THEODORE F BENVENUTO JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 24, 1947 – August 12, 1969
Service recordTheodore F Benvenuto JR, of Uniondale, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 8
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 39 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- March 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Uniondale, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
105 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 8
- BRUCE MICHAEL BARNESSpecialist Four · August 12, 1969
- BOBBY LEE BEVARDSpecialist Four · August 12, 1969
- ALAN WAYNE MEDIATELance Corporal · August 12, 1969
- CHARLES DWAINE ROBERTSSecond Lieutenant · August 12, 1969
From Uniondale
- CHARLES PRESTON TUTHILLCorporal · October 8, 1963
- PETER NEWELL ANDERSONSergeant · November 30, 1967
- WALTER ALBERT OWENSSpecialist Four · December 3, 1967
- ROBERT DANIEL FACCIOCorporal · October 12, 1968
- ROBERT WALTER BUCKLEYSpecialist Four · May 20, 1969
- BRENDAN XAVIER TURNERPrivate First Class · June 5, 1969
- RICHARD THOMAS MORRISSEYCaptain · August 19, 1969
- RICHARD MILTON COLE JRTechnical Sergeant · June 18, 1972
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.