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JAMES E BENTLEY JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 20, 1939 – February 25, 1968
Service recordJames E Bentley JR, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 20, 1939
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
96 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh 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 41E, Line 16
- LAWRENCE FREDERICK BEALSSergeant First Class · February 25, 1968
- DONNELL BELLPrivate · February 25, 1968
- FREDERICK A BILLINGHAM JRCorporal · February 25, 1968
- JAMES CURTIS BLOUNTSpecialist Four · February 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BARTON W BROOKSSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 17
- DANIEL DAVID CALLAHANSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 17
- JERRY LEE COLLISTERPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 19
- GERALD TYLER DOUGLASS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 20
- DENNIS FRANCIS GULICHSergeant · Panel 41E, Line 21
- ROBERT LOUIS HEARDSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 21
- VERLIN DON HOLDERBYSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 21
- GEORGE PAROUNAGIAN JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 41E, Line 27
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 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.