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JAMES HARRELL BENNETT JR
Captain · U.S. Air Force
June 1, 1936 – October 30, 1967
Service recordJames Harrell Bennett JR, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 30, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 100
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 1, 1936
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1967
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 100
- KENNETH GREGORY HANSONSergeant · October 30, 1967
- RONALD ANTHONY HESSMANSeaman · October 30, 1967
- MICHAEL WILLIAM KENTERSergeant · October 30, 1967
- ROBERT LEE MULDROWStaff Sergeant · October 30, 1967
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 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.