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GORDON WILLIAM BENT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 15, 1949 – November 13, 1969
Service recordGordon William Bent, of Hickory Corners, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 13, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 68
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Hickory Corners, Michigan (Barry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date November 13, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 68
- DENNIS EDWARD TIMMONSSpecialist Four · November 12, 1969
- ROBERT LEON TUCCIMajor · November 12, 1969
- BRUCE ELLIOT WALTERSPrivate First Class · November 12, 1969
- NORMAN FLORIAN BENEDIKCorporal · November 13, 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.