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WAYNE EDWARD BENGE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 3, 1947 – September 23, 1966
Service recordWayne Edward Benge, of Sheffield Lake, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER
- Born
- November 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Sheffield Lake, Ohio (Lorain County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 23, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date September 23, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 7
- CECIL EVERETT DORSEYPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- WILLIAM EARNEST EBELCaptain · September 24, 1966
- WAYNE EDWIN ELLISONWarrant Officer 1 · September 24, 1966
- JOHN HENRY FULCHERPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- JAMES EVERETT GRAHAM JRPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
From Sheffield Lake
- CODY ALLEN BALISTERILieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
- JAMES PATRICK BYRNESergeant · March 8, 1967
- JOHN HERBERT SNITCHLance Corporal · March 15, 1967
- PAUL DOUGLAS STRAHMFirst Lieutenant · January 14, 1968
- MICHAEL JOSEPH CONRADYSpecialist Four · June 1, 1968
- RICHARD LOWELL IRVINSpecialist Four · August 5, 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.