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VINCENT JOSEPH BENEGAS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 28, 1947 – April 21, 1967
Service recordVincent Joseph Benegas, of Riverside, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 21, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 55
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Riverside, California (Riverside County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1967; 48 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 55
- GARREL LEE TEATSWORTHStaff Sergeant · April 20, 1967
- THOMAS ALFRED ARREDONDOSergeant · April 21, 1967
- EDDIE PAUL AUSTINCorporal · April 21, 1967
- JOSEPH FLOYD BASCO JRPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
From Riverside
- THEODORE BERT PHILLIPSStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1964
- WILLIAM RONALD GRAYSONCommander · April 1, 1966
- FRANK BRENNAN PARISHLance Corporal · June 18, 1966
- BRAD WILLIAM MORANDPrivate First Class · July 12, 1966
- ROBBIN ADAIR GOODWINPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- PATRICK LEE WOODLance Corporal · January 11, 1967
- RICHARD ELZIE VEACHSpecialist Four · May 28, 1967
- DENNIS EUGENE MONFILSPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- HECTOR FUENTESHospitalman · July 2, 1967
- PHILLIP WILLARD ROELance Corporal · July 2, 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.