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ARTHUR BURTON BENGEN
First Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 8, 1934 – November 1, 1969
Service recordArthur Burton Bengen, of Bellingham, Washington, served as a First Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 1, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 11
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Sergeant (1STSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- April 8, 1934
- Home of record
- Bellingham, Washington (Whatcom County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1969
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 11
- MURRAY JOHN WYMANCaptain · October 31, 1969
- STANLEY ALTON BROWNFirst Lieutenant · November 1, 1969
- JIMMIE JOE BUTLERSergeant · November 1, 1969
- OLIVER COLEMAN JRFirst Lieutenant · November 1, 1969
From Bellingham
- JOHN EVERETT HIGMANPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- ALAN MICHAEL TANGUAYPrivate First Class · March 10, 1966
- JOHN MORTON ROPERMajor · November 29, 1966
- ANTON THOMAS BORNSTEINSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
- MARK ROSS EVERETTSpecialist Four · July 2, 1967
- DONALD THOMAS STEINBRUNNERMajor · July 20, 1967
- DEWAIN V DUBBPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- RAINER SYLVESTER RAMOSChief Warrant Officer 3 · January 9, 1968
- PAUL REX COMBSSpecialist Four · January 21, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL ODELLSecond Lieutenant · April 30, 1968
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.