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DANIEL MORRIS BENNETT
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 20, 1932 – November 14, 1966
Service recordDaniel Morris Bennett, of Boynton Beach, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 14, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 70
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Supply Man, Manual Account (3071)
- Born
- November 20, 1932
- Home of record
- Boynton Beach, Florida (Palm Beach County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1966
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 70
- TERRY LEE WEBERPrivate First Class · November 13, 1966
- DAVID STEWART BOYDSergeant First Class · November 14, 1966
- LEON GORDON CHADWICK IIICaptain · November 14, 1966
- RODOLFO MARCIANO GONZALEZCorporal · November 14, 1966
From Boynton Beach
- LAWRENCE DOUGLAS KNUTHFirst Lieutenant · April 29, 1966
- VERNICE HOLLINGSWORTHSpecialist Four · April 18, 1967
- CLEVELAND PITTSSpecialist Four · December 4, 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.