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TRINO BALTAZAR BENAVIDEZ
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 18, 1948 – December 2, 1969
Service recordTrino Baltazar Benavidez, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 2, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 15
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 18, 1948
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 15
- DENNIS ALLEN WATSONSpecialist Four · December 1, 1969
- JOHN SILVY ASHSpecialist Four · December 2, 1969
- KENNETH WILLIAM BROWNSpecialist Four · December 2, 1969
- THOMAS EDWARD BROWNStaff Sergeant · December 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MARVIN HOWARD SANDERSCorporal · Panel 15W, Line 20
- DENNIS LEE VANCEStaff Sergeant · Panel 15W, Line 20
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 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.