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CLYDE JAMES BENNETT
Master Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
September 5, 1931 – October 30, 1969
Service recordClyde James Bennett, of Auburn, Kentucky, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 30, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 3
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 5, 1931
- Home of record
- Auburn, Kentucky (Logan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1969
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1969; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 3
- RUSSELL MARTINEZ LECOMPTEPetty Officer First Class · October 29, 1969
- NOLAN EUGENE BLACKChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 30, 1969
- CLYDE LEE ROY CANADASergeant · October 30, 1969
- WILLIE J KELLYLance Corporal · October 30, 1969
From Auburn
- JOSEPH CARLISLE ANDREWPrivate First Class · February 18, 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.