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DOUGLAS ALVIN BENNETT
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 2, 1950 – August 31, 1969
Service recordDouglas Alvin Bennett, of Beckley, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on August 31, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 13
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 59 ENG CO 39 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- August 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Beckley, West Virginia (Raleigh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “59 ENG CO 39 ENG BN USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 13
- ERNIE LEE WALLENPrivate First Class · August 30, 1969
- RICHARD THOMAS WILHELMCorporal · August 30, 1969
- ISMAEL BENITO ARANDALance Corporal · August 31, 1969
- JEROME EARL BOWERSSpecialist Four · August 31, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JEROME EARL BOWERSSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 13
- MICHAEL PRESLIPSKI JRSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 17
- EDWIN BYRON RYDERSergeant First Class · Panel 18W, Line 17
From Beckley
- SHIRLEY WAYNE OBOYLEStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1966
- GEORGE WINTON THOMPSONMajor · May 15, 1966
- LEWIS CHARLES ROLLINSPrivate First Class · May 31, 1966
- DANNY RICHARD PARKULOSpecialist Four · February 28, 1967
- ROGER LEE BRUNOSergeant · April 1, 1967
- CLARENCE M GUNTHER JRCorporal · September 2, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM HUNTSergeant First Class · February 28, 1968
- WILLIE BUREL RICHMONDSpecialist Four · March 27, 1968
- JAMES ALEXANDER PEMBERTONSpecialist Five · April 5, 1968
- KENNETH EDWARD JACKSONPrivate First Class · February 5, 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.