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CECIL BENNY BRIDGES
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 25, 1946 – July 29, 1967
Service recordCecil Benny Bridges, of Carthage, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 16
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Carthage, Texas (Panola County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
184 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1967; seven of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 16
- WILLIAM VICTOR BRINDLEAirman Apprentice · July 29, 1967
- BOBBY JOE BROWNPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- DENNIS EARL BROWNPrivate First Class · July 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT DARRELL ARNDTCorporal · Panel 24E, Line 14
- JAMES PAUL ARRAIZSergeant · Panel 24E, Line 14
- CURTIS DEAN ESKEWSergeant · Panel 24E, Line 22
- MARTIN MOSHER HUNTPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 28
- THOMAS LEE KEIRNSCorporal · Panel 24E, Line 30
- GEORGE NEW JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 24E, Line 36
- HUGH NORWOODSergeant · Panel 24E, Line 37
From Carthage
- THOMAS DEAN VINCENTLieutenant · February 25, 1965
- ROBERT EARL COLESpecialist Four · March 30, 1968
- JAMES MINTER LANGFORDSpecialist Four · April 3, 1968
- DAVID CLAUD WELLSCorporal · May 11, 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.