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JOHN JAY BENNETT
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
May 4, 1946 – March 2, 1970
Service recordJohn Jay Bennett, of Beacon, New York, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1970, in Tuyen Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 73
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Microwave Systems Repairer (26L)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- May 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Beacon, New York (Dutchess County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tuyen Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1970; four of them were lost in Tuyen Duc Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 73
- GUY RAY BRISTOLLieutenant Colonel · March 2, 1970
- JAMES JOSEPH BURGOYNEWarrant Officer 1 · March 2, 1970
- SYLVESTER COLLINSPrivate · March 2, 1970
- PHILLIP GENE CREECHCorporal · March 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DANNY JOE QUAITESpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 75
- DANIEL LEON WALLACESpecialist Five · Panel 13W, Line 76
- HARLEY DAIRREL WHITNEYSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 76
From Beacon
- JAMES SHERWIN PITTMANPrivate First Class · October 15, 1966
- PHILIP REGINAL MATTRACIONPetty Officer Second Class · April 5, 1967
- EVERETT EDWARD FOSTERLieutenant Colonel · July 20, 1967
- WILLIAM RONALD PHILLIPSSeaman · March 23, 1968
- TERRENCE EDWARD ONEILSergeant · May 23, 1968
- EMILIO RIVERAPrivate First Class · October 30, 1969
- THOMAS EDWARD DEVINECorporal · December 16, 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.