Records of the Army Staff, 1903 - 2009. Photographs of U.S. and Foreign Military Personnel, Defense Department and Other Government Officials, Royalty, and Heads of State, ca. 1964 - ca. 1974. Benavidez, Roy P.

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Records of the Army Staff, 1903 - 2009. Photographs of U.S. and Foreign Military Personnel, Defense Department and Other Government Officials, Royalty, and Heads of State, ca. 1964 - ca. 1974. Benavidez, Roy P.

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Benavidez, Roy Perez, 1935-1998

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Raul Perez "Roy" Benavidez (August 5, 1935 – November 29, 1998) was born in Lindenau near Cuero, Texas. He enlisted in the United States Army in June 1955 and served in Germany, Korea, Vietnam, and the United States. On May 2, 1968, in an area west of Loc Ninh, Republic of Vietnam, Staff Sergeant Benavidez was monitoring a twelve-man Special Forces Reconnaissance Team, as part of the Detachment B-56, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), 1st Special Forces. The team came under heavy enemy gunf...