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GERNOT BENDER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 2, 1935 – March 25, 1969
Service recordGernot Bender, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 25, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 32
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 2, 1935
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1969
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1969; eight of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 32
- LUCIANO ARIASCorporal · March 25, 1969
- JAMES HAROLD ARMSTRONGSergeant · March 25, 1969
- JIMMY DALE BEANFirst Lieutenant · March 25, 1969
- DAVID FORREST BLACKSpecialist Four · March 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JIMMY DALE BEANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 28W, Line 32
- GARY MICHAEL BRANNONStaff Sergeant · Panel 28W, Line 33
- STEPHEN HELDEN DOANEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 28W, Line 34
- EDWARDO FLORESPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 38
- LEWIS EUGENE SAMPLERStaff Sergeant · Panel 28W, Line 40
- NORMAN CARTER SMOOTSSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 40
- DAVID ALLAN WEBERSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 41
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 15, 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.