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THOMAS CLAYTON BENGE
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
September 1, 1923 – June 25, 1967
Service recordThomas Clayton Benge, of Richmond, Indiana, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 25, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 43. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 60
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 129 M S CO 1 LOG CMD
- Born
- September 1, 1923
- Home of record
- Richmond, Indiana (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1967
- Age
- 43
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Stroke
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1967. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 60
- JERRY LYNE STEEDSpecialist Four · June 24, 1967
- KENNETH HYRUM BROWNPrivate First Class · June 25, 1967
- CHARLIE LEE BURNEYCorporal · June 25, 1967
- ALLEN JAMES CAGLEPrivate First Class · June 25, 1967
From Richmond
- CURTIS LAMARR FOSTERPrivate First Class · June 6, 1965
- JON DAVID VANNATTALance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- KARL EDWIN KLUTECaptain · March 14, 1966
- JESSE FLOYD WAGESSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- BURNIE HARRISStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1966
- TERRY LEE WILESPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- THOMAS PAUL DEITEMEYERSpecialist Four · February 12, 1967
- DAVID ALLEN DOWNINGSergeant · March 11, 1967
- TERRI LEIGH HINESPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- EDDIE JAMES ALLENSergeant First Class · August 22, 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.