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BRUCE ROLLA BENNETT
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 29, 1947 – September 5, 1966
Service recordBruce Rolla Bennett, of Boise, Idaho, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 5, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 70
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 1 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- January 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Boise, Idaho (Ada County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 70
- WILLIE EARL BUNTEPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- WILLIAM B HILL JRSergeant First Class · September 5, 1966
- MELVIN THOMAS HUFFINECaptain · September 5, 1966
- WILFRED C JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
From Boise
- JESSE DONALD PHELPSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 28, 1965
- JERRY DUANE ESTESLance Corporal · February 6, 1966
- CLYDE ARTHUR CROWStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- GARY JACK FOSTERCorporal · June 4, 1966
- ROBERT ALLAN POWELLPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- WILLIAM RONALD BEASLEYFirst Lieutenant · September 25, 1966
- LLOYD BRUCE JENSENSpecialist Four · December 12, 1966
- FLOYD GWEN SAVELLSpecialist Four · February 14, 1967
- GEORGE FRANCIS VOLKCaptain · April 21, 1967
- FRANKLIN DAVID ENDICOTTPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
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.