Son of Benjamin Franklin Rawlings(1904-1947)and Blanche Magdeline (Richards)Rawlings(1915–1996)

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Benjamin Joseph Rawlings
in the U.S., Vietnam War Military Casualties, 1956-1998
Name: Benjamin Joseph Rawlings
Birth Date: 29 Jun 1946
Death Date: 4 Mar 1969
Age: 22
Home City: Naylor
Home State: Maryland
SSN/Service #: 670
Death Date: 4 Mar 1969
Casualty Country: Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)
Tour Start Date: 20 Feb 1968
Service Branch: Department of the Army
Component: Selective Service
Rank: Specialist Fourth Class
Military Grade: Specialist Fourth Class
Pay Grade: Specialist Fourth Class (U.S. Army) or Corporal (U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps) or Sergeant (U.S. Air Force) or Grade/Rate Abbreviations With First Column: Any Entry; Second Column: N; Third Column: 3; Fourth Column: Blank (U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard) or
Company: B Co
Batallion: 4th Engineer Bn
Province: Military Region 2 - Kontum
Decoration: Not Available
CN: Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)
Service Occupation: Combat Engineer (ARMY)
Data Source: Coffelt Database
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Benjamin J Rawlings
in the U.S., Army Personnel and Dependent Casualties, 1961-1981
Name: Benjamin J Rawlings
Birth Date: 1946
Gender: Male
Race: Caucasian (White)
Home State: Maine
Casualty Country: Vietnam, Republic of
Casualty Category: Battle Dead
Casualty Status: Hostile Dead: Died While Missing In Action (previous)
Casualty Date: 4 Mar 1969
Cause of Death: Not Booby Trap Connected: None Of The Above; Small Arms Fire
Report Date: 4 Mar 1969
Province: Kontum
Military Occupation: Combat Engineer (army)
Division: 4th Inf Div
Personnel Catagory: Active Duty Army
Military Class: Enlisted Personnel
Rank: Specialist Fourth Class
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Benjamin J Rawlings
in the U.S. Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
Name: Benjamin J Rawlings
Service Info.: SP4 US ARMY
Birth Date: 29 Jun 1946
Death Date: 4 Mar 1969
Interment Date: 20 Mar 1969
Cemetery: Arlington National Cemetery
Cemetery Address: C/O Director Arlington, VA 22211
Buried At: Section 52 Site 931
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The Washington Post
March 20, 1969

Rawlings, Sp. 4, Benjamin Joseph, Sr. (USA)
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On March 4, 1969, in Vietnam, Sp 4 Benjamin Joseph Rawlings, Sr., USA. Beloved husband of Linda Rawlings; father of Joseph Benjamin Rawlings; son of Blanche Richards Rawlings and brother of Ann Pirnier. Requiem mass in St. Mary's Catholic Church, Upper Marlboro, Md., on Thursday, March 20, at 11 a.m. Interment Arlington National Cemetery at 1 p.m.
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Served with B Co, 4th Eng Bn, 4th Inf Div, USARV

Vietnam Memorial Wall Panel 30W - Row 038
Contributor: Jerry R Keller (48665751) • [email protected])
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There was a small hamlet in Naylor, Md. called "Nottingham". The post office @ that time was Naylor. I lived in same area and grew up with him. We were both born in 1946.
Contributor: Ellen Moore (49993900)
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