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HOWARD DUNCAN BENNETT
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
June 13, 1942 – February 3, 1968
Service recordHoward Duncan Bennett, of Hollywood, Florida, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 3, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 3
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 13, 1942
- Home of record
- Hollywood, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1968; four of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
He died in Binh Long Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 3
- CARL LYNN WESTCaptain · February 2, 1968
- ROBERT CARL ANDERSONLance Corporal · February 3, 1968
- FRANK ANTHONY AZZARITO JRPrivate First Class · February 3, 1968
- ROBERT IRVING BALLARDFirst Lieutenant · February 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JERRY RANKIN HALEYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 37E, Line 5
- ROBERT ALLEN GIFFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 7
- JAMES R GODWINSecond Lieutenant · Panel 37E, Line 7
- GERALD BRUCE GREENDYKEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 37E, Line 7
- MANUEL TIODORO SEGURAPrivate First Class · Panel 37E, Line 14
From Hollywood
- CHARLES JACOB BAIRSpecialist Six · January 29, 1966
- STEPHEN RANDALL KITTLEPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- SCOTT SIMONS MCCLOSKEYPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- WILLIAM THOMAS BUCKLESLance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- DENNETTE A EDWARDS IIISecond Lieutenant · February 26, 1968
- KENNETH CHARLES LOCKWOODSeaman · February 29, 1968
- WILLIS ROZELLE HALLTechnical Sergeant · March 11, 1968
- CHARLES E DAVENPORT IIPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- RICHARD WARREN POWELL JRPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
- PATRICK JAMES HARRINGTONSecond Lieutenant · May 1, 1968
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.