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BENJAMIN F BENNETT JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 20, 1948 – October 25, 1969
Service recordBenjamin F Bennett JR, of Denham Springs, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 25, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 116
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- August 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Denham Springs, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 25, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 25, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 116
- RONALD HENRY BOZIKISStaff Sergeant · October 25, 1969
- LEE FULTON CLICKNERFirst Lieutenant · October 25, 1969
- MARTIN JOSEPH CRIBBSSergeant · October 25, 1969
- THOMAS THERON FLETCHERSpecialist Four · October 25, 1969
From Denham Springs
- JOHN ALTON GIROD JRPrivate First Class · February 21, 1966
- DOUGLAS GERALD IMPSONPrivate First Class · September 15, 1968
- CARL DENNIS CAINSpecialist Four · March 6, 1969
- RICHARD LYNN BRUMFIELDSergeant · May 28, 1969
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.