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DWIGHT FARWELL BENNETT JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 19, 1948 – November 29, 1967
Service recordDwight Farwell Bennett JR, of Melrose Park, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 29, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 2
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- May 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Melrose Park, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 2
- SAM TENORIOSergeant · November 28, 1967
- HILLARD EVANS WILLIAMSPlatoon Sergeant · November 28, 1967
- EDWARD FRANCIS ZACKOWSKISergeant · November 28, 1967
- RODERICK WAYNE BREAULTCorporal · November 29, 1967
From Melrose Park
- JOSEPH ANTHONY MAGGIO JRPrivate · May 25, 1967
- JON PETER TURKCorporal · October 27, 1967
- THOMAS HOWARD HEISEPrivate First Class · May 10, 1969
- FRANK R GILCHRIST JRPrivate First Class · July 30, 1969
- OLAF THOMAS OLSENCorporal · March 11, 1970
- CHARLES NORBERT KOWALKSpecialist Four · May 21, 1971
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.