| Service No: | 83249417BG |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Name: | BENECKE |
| First Name: | MELVIN ASHLEY |
| Initials: | M A |
| Born: | Unknown |
| Date of Death: | 1987-09-06 |
| Age at Death: | 19 |
| Cause of Death: | Killed in Action during a contact with insurgents in Sector 20, Kavangoland, North Eastern South West Africa / Namibia |