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ANTHONY LEE BENNETT
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 15, 1945 – May 31, 1968
Service recordAnthony Lee Bennett, of Cottonwood, Arizona, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 62W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62W · Line 8
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Tank Unit Commander (1203)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 15, 1945
- Home of record
- Cottonwood, Arizona (Yavapai County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
79 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1968; 54 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 62W, Line 8
- JOHN ALLEN DENNISPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- ERIC VOUGHN DICKSONLance Corporal · May 31, 1968
- JOHN BERNARD DURSTSpecialist Four · May 31, 1968
- RALPH FERGUSONLance Corporal · May 31, 1968
From Cottonwood
- FRANK AMBROSE RAZOPrivate First Class · June 1, 1966
- WILLIAM RAYMOND BENNETTPrivate First Class · December 1, 1966
- MICHAEL ALAN HILLSergeant · July 13, 1972
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.