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WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNING
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 6, 1942 – May 11, 1965
Service recordWilliam Donavan Benning, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 113
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- May 6, 1942
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1965
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1965. In May 1965, 89 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 113
- DUDLEY WAYNE MAYOSeaman · May 10, 1965
- JOHNIE KING CULBREATHSpecialist Four · May 11, 1965
- HENRY ALBERT DEUTSCHCaptain · May 11, 1965
- JHUE FRANK PRICEPrivate First Class · May 11, 1965
Same unit, same day
- HENRY ALBERT DEUTSCHCaptain · Panel 1E, Line 113
- AMOS CARLTON WATSONSpecialist Four · Panel 1E, Line 114
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 1965
- STUART KING TWEEDYSecond Lieutenant · December 18, 1965
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.