This is a formal U.S. Army portrait of a young soldier identified by the visible nameplate as BENAVIDES.

Vietnam Conflict
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Fallen

County:
Sioux


Date of Loss:

Military Service:
    Rank:
    Corporal
    Branch of Service:
    Army
    Company / Ship / Flight or equivalent:
    Headquarters Company
    Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:
    5th Battalion
    Regiment / Group / Brigade:
    60th Infantry Regiment
    Division / Fleet / Air Force or Equivalent:
    9th Infantry Division
    Conflicts Served:
    Vietnam Conflict

Circumstances:

Killed in action in Dinh Tuong, South Vietnam from multiple fragmentation wounds. 

Biography:

He was born in Bullhead, South Dakota, but his father was a Sioux Native American and a rancher. He is buried in Saint Aloysius Cemetery - Bullhead, South Dakota.