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WILLIAM BENJAMIN MAHONE
Captain · U.S. Air Force
September 10, 1934 – September 4, 1967
Service recordWilliam Benjamin Mahone, of Youngstown, Ohio, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 4, 1967, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 104
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- September 10, 1934
- Home of record
- Youngstown, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1967
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 104
- GARLAND PAUL LITTLEPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- DOVER LEON LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- CHARLES FREDERICK MARTINPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- BENJAMIN H MASON JRPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
From Youngstown
- ROBERT G WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- NATHAN JOHN COLE JRCorporal · January 8, 1966
- PAUL ELROY HELSEL JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- JAMES EDWIN PROMMERSBERGERSergeant · April 16, 1966
- AMALIO GONZALEZPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD FRANKLINColonel · August 14, 1966
- CHARLES F AZARA JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS BURNSLance Corporal · October 20, 1966
- DONALD ALLEN JACKSONPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
- WALTER SUHARMajor · November 26, 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.