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DONALD LUCIAN BENNETT
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 21, 1943 – September 14, 1965
Service recordDonald Lucian Bennett, of Fairfield, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 14, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 82
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Administrative Man (0141)
- Born
- June 21, 1943
- Home of record
- Fairfield, California (Solano County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 14, 1965
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date September 14, 1965; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 82
- CARROLL EUGENE FANKHAUSERLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- JOE RUSSELL MOSSMANLieutenant (junior grade) · September 13, 1965
- JAMES WILLIAMS STEPHENSLance Corporal · September 13, 1965
From Fairfield
- SALVADOR REDILLA DULAYLance Corporal · January 17, 1966
- DAVID ALLEN IVESSpecialist Four · April 23, 1967
- MICHAEL BRUCE SMITHCorporal · July 7, 1967
- FRANK ARTHUR DAWSONAirman · February 17, 1968
- HEINZ RUCHTIPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
- JAMES D OZBUNChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 24, 1968
- CLARENCE PAUL BURLESONSergeant · March 9, 1969
- JOHN THIERYMaster Sergeant · April 12, 1969
- HENRY BENNETT PARSONS IIICorporal · November 29, 1969
- MICHAEL EDWARD BORGESSergeant · April 2, 1970
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.