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JOHN ARTHUR BENNETT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 16, 1946 – September 16, 1969
Service recordJohn Arthur Bennett, of Waynesboro, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1969, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 92
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Born
- March 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Waynesboro, Georgia (Burke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 92
- KENNETH ANTHONY MEYERSpecialist Four · September 15, 1969
- THEODORE LEONARD WYKOFFStaff Sergeant · September 15, 1969
- ALAN ATTARIANCorporal · September 16, 1969
- ALLEN CAINSpecialist Five · September 16, 1969
From Waynesboro
- JOHN WILLIE DEVINEPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- JACKSON ELLIOTT COXSecond Lieutenant · March 25, 1967
- THEUS EVERETTE DELAIGLESergeant · February 28, 1968
- ROBERT LEE JONESSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- CLYDE EDWARD SAXONLance Corporal · March 18, 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.