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CHARLES EDWIN BENNETT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 7, 1942 – February 7, 1968
Service recordCharles Edwin Bennett, of Terrell, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 78
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 7, 1942
- Home of record
- Terrell, Texas (Kaufman County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
136 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1968; 24 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 40 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Nam 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 37E, Line 78
- GREG BLAINE BELEWSpecialist Four · February 7, 1968
- JOHN ALLAN BRADLEYLance Corporal · February 7, 1968
- RANDY HOFFMAN BROCKSergeant · February 7, 1968
- MICHAEL ALAN DEETERSecond Lieutenant · February 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LIONEL BUTLER SRStaff Sergeant · Panel 37E, Line 79
- ISMAEL HOLGUINSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 84
- ANGEL MARTINEZCorporal · Panel 38E, Line 6
- ROGER DILLON MCQUAYCorporal · Panel 38E, Line 8
- LEWIS JEWETT NEWBERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 8
- GORDON JOHN WETJENSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 18
From Terrell
- LARRY GLEN THRASHERLance Corporal · September 14, 1966
- THOMAS EUGENE HOUSTONSergeant · January 23, 1967
- LONNIE LEO SMITHStaff Sergeant · May 20, 1967
- JOE L LYONSStaff Sergeant · November 19, 1967
- GEORGE EDWARD WINFIELDPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- DONALD RAY CRAVENPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
- ALBERT DWAYNE WESTERMajor · October 5, 1968
- HARRY H HERNDONSergeant · October 18, 1968
- MERRELL EUGENE BRUMLEY JRLance Corporal · January 25, 1971
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.