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WAYNE JOSEPH BENES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 16, 1944 – October 18, 1968
Service recordWayne Joseph Benes, of Upland, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 18, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 73
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 16, 1944
- Home of record
- Upland, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 18, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date October 18, 1968; six of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 73
- DANIEL EUGENE FIKELance Corporal · October 18, 1968
- JIMMY CARROLL GREENCorporal · October 18, 1968
- VICTOR REYES HERNANDEZSergeant · October 18, 1968
- HARRY H HERNDONSergeant · October 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD MARVIN DELPSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 72
From Upland
- APIMENIO LARASergeant · May 30, 1968
- DAVID ANDREW DENTONSpecialist Four · June 23, 1968
- JOHN PIO ROGONECorporal · June 29, 1968
- FREDERICK LEE DYERSecond Lieutenant · July 2, 1968
- ARTHUR JACK CARLPrivate First Class · October 22, 1968
- RICHARD HENRY VOKESSpecialist Four · July 25, 1970
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.