The Wall › Panel 36W › Wisconsin › Dan Michael Bennett
DAN MICHAEL BENNETT
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
February 10, 1947 – December 12, 1968
Service recordDan Michael Bennett, of Madison, Wisconsin, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 12, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 10
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- February 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Madison, Wisconsin (Dane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 12, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 12, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 10
- ROBERT LEON BELTRANSpecialist Four · December 12, 1968
- JAMES KENNETH BRIERLYFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1968
- GALE WALTER CROONFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1968
- FREDERICK GEORGE DEROCHERCorporal · December 12, 1968
From Madison
- ROSCOE AMMERMANStaff Sergeant · October 3, 1965
- JEAN PIERRE DOWLINGLance Corporal · January 29, 1966
- MICHAEL JOSEPH BANOVEZ JRCorporal · July 18, 1966
- WILLY VASCILLE QUASTStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1967
- THOMAS ERWIN MATUSHPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- CHARLES JOHN THOMAMajor · January 12, 1967
- LEONARD DEAN THOMPSONSpecialist Four · April 25, 1967
- GORDON WAYNE STOFLETLance Corporal · June 29, 1967
- VERNON GENE STICHSpecialist Four · August 7, 1967
- MARK WILLARD NEUMANNSpecialist Four · August 25, 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.