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DANIEL JOSEPH BENNETT
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
October 1, 1945 – July 17, 1965
Service recordDaniel Joseph Bennett, of Beverly Hills, California, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 17, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 38
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- October 1, 1945
- Home of record
- Beverly Hills, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 17, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date July 17, 1965; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 38
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- PATRICK SPIKER JRStaff Sergeant · July 15, 1965
- RICHARD LANSING ZICHEKLance Corporal · July 15, 1965
- DARYL LAVERNE KEENPetty Officer Third Class · July 16, 1965
From Beverly Hills
- ROBERT SCHUYLER VANDUYNEFirst Sergeant · May 11, 1966
- LAURENCE ALAN INSELSergeant · May 1, 1967
- RICHARD MARC LUBINHospitalman · January 26, 1969
- ANTHONY GORDON HARBORDFirst Lieutenant · January 27, 1969
- RONALD WALSH MCLEANFirst Lieutenant · June 8, 1969
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.