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BENNETT JAMES HERRICK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 29, 1948 – March 25, 1968
Service recordBennett James Herrick, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 25, 1968, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 208 of its members that month.
He died in Binh Thuan Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 17
- TRACY WALLACE HARGRAVEPrivate First Class · March 25, 1968
- JOHN DAVID HARPER JRPrivate First Class · March 25, 1968
- JOHN ELLSWORTH HEFTYSergeant · March 25, 1968
- RICHARD EDWARD HEILSpecialist Four · March 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MCARTHUR CALLAWAYCorporal · Panel 46E, Line 14
- JOHN ELLSWORTH HEFTYSergeant · Panel 46E, Line 17
- WILLIAM JOSE SHORTSLEEVESSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 18
- GARY RAY WIGINTONPrivate First Class · Panel 46E, Line 26
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 1966
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.