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CHARLES DUANE BENNETT
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 2, 1947 – July 7, 1968
Service recordCharles Duane Bennett, of Calhoun, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 32
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)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Calhoun, Georgia (Gordon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 32
- GERALD LEE BALDWINLance Corporal · July 7, 1968
- RAYMOND BATEMANPrivate First Class · July 7, 1968
- WILLIAM ALFRED BATTLELance Corporal · July 7, 1968
- WARREN LARRY BIBBSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PAUL KINARD JOHNSTONSpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 36
- WILMER FRANKLIN SIMPKINSSergeant · Panel 53W, Line 39
- WILLIAM PAUL WEBERStaff Sergeant · Panel 53W, Line 41
- DONALD CHARLES WILSONSpecialist Four · Panel 53W, Line 41
From Calhoun
- BILLY LAMAR GODFREYSpecialist Four · December 14, 1967
- LONNIE HUGHLEN HARRISONPrivate First Class · June 10, 1969
- MICHAEL ELI KINGSpecialist Four · March 5, 1971
- JAMES GRADY CONLEYSergeant First Class · November 7, 1971
- LARRY JOHN YOUNGPetty Officer First Class · July 20, 1972
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.