James Austin Benton

Vietnam War
Unit1st Battalion, 3rd Marines, 9th Marine Amphibious Brigade
RankLance Corporal U.S. Marine Corps
Entered Service FromDaisy Tennessee
Date of DeathApril 27 1967
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Notes
Lance Corporal Benton was a member of Headquarters and Service Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines, 9th Marine Amphibious Brigade. On April 27, 1967, he was a passenger in a Sikorsky Seahorse Utility Helicopter (UH-34D) when it crashed into the sea offshore South Vietnam. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.