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ANANIAS BENTFORD
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 4, 1949 – May 28, 1970
Service recordAnanias Bentford, of Leighton, Alabama, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 112
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Leighton, Alabama (Colbert County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 112
- ROBERT RAYMOND BERNINGCorporal · May 28, 1970
- JUSTIN PAUL BRDASergeant · May 28, 1970
- CLYDE ALVIN BROWNPrivate First Class · May 28, 1970
- EATTERSON BYRD JRCorporal · May 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ALAN BEDROCKCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 111
- RONALD ALPHONSE KREBSBACHSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 114
- JOHN HOLT PARHAM IIISergeant · Panel 10W, Line 115
- ANDREW DAVID SMITH IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10W, Line 119
From Leighton
- CHARLES WAYMAN MCCARYPrivate · February 24, 1963
- WILLIAM ERNEST BERRYMANCorporal · December 7, 1970
- ROBERT EGGLESTONSpecialist Four · June 24, 1971
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.