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JACOB BENNETT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 6, 1947 – July 17, 1968
Service recordJacob Bennett, of Phenix City, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 17, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 40
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Phenix City, Alabama (Russell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date July 17, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 40
- CHARLES WESLEY SRADER JRPrivate First Class · July 16, 1968
- RAYMOND EARL WRIGHTCorporal · July 16, 1968
- PRENTICE J BENNETTCorporal · July 17, 1968
- EDGAR LEE BOWERSSpecialist Four · July 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS ALPHONSE WOOLRIDGESergeant · Panel 51W, Line 1
From Phenix City
- UDON PARKERSpecialist Four · March 13, 1966
- LEO CHESTER DIXONPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- EDDIE DONALD PEOPLESPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- ROBBIE RAY MILLSSpecialist Five · February 15, 1967
- DAVID TOMIE BELLSpecialist Four · February 26, 1967
- CHARLIE BERNARD INGRAM JRSpecialist Four · March 4, 1967
- LARRY RAY MCDUFFIEPrivate First Class · October 22, 1967
- JOHN HENRY JONES JRPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- JOE LOUIS JONESSergeant · February 18, 1968
- WILLIAM OLIVER TURNERCorporal · February 28, 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.