Beninati, James
Air National Guard Master Sergeant

James Beninati, age 46, from Virginia Beach, City of, Virginia.

Spouse: Married
Children: Four children

Service era: Iraq
Military history: 5th Battalion Virginia Infantry

Date of death: Saturday, March 3, 2001
Death details: Among 18 Virginia Guard engineers and 3 Florida Army National Guard aviators who died when their plane crashed in a cotton field near Unadilla, Georgia. They were returning home after completing a 2 week military construction project at Hurlburt Field, Florida. Investigators blamed the crash on an overloaded plane with too much crago in the rear.

Source: Library of Virginia, Richmond; Virginia National Guard, Pensacola New Journal (2001)