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EDWARD DALE BENNETT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 7, 1947 – June 10, 1968
Service recordEdward Dale Bennett, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 17
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1968; five of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 118 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 17
- RICHARD CAROLINUS YEEND JRCaptain · June 9, 1968
- ROBERT BALLMajor · June 10, 1968
- WILLIAM WAYNE BOETJESpecialist Four · June 10, 1968
- ROGER THOMAS BURROWSLance Corporal · June 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRY WAYNE CRUTCHFIELDPrivate First Class · Panel 58W, Line 18
- ARTHUR JOHN ENQUISTSergeant · Panel 58W, Line 18
- KENNETH DANIEL HINKLESergeant · Panel 58W, Line 19
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 1965
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.