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JOHN JOSEPH BENTFELD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 9, 1944 – February 2, 1967
Service recordJohn Joseph Bentfeld, of Youngstown, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 107
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 9, 1944
- Home of record
- Youngstown, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 88 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 107
- ROBERT VOLNIE BAIRSpecialist Four · February 2, 1967
- JOHN ANTHONY DABONKAPrivate First Class · February 2, 1967
- JOE RAYMOND FULGHUM JRCaptain · February 2, 1967
- ROGER DANIEL HERRANDOSergeant · February 2, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROGER DANIEL HERRANDOSergeant · Panel 14E, Line 107
From Youngstown
- ROBERT G WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- NATHAN JOHN COLE JRCorporal · January 8, 1966
- PAUL ELROY HELSEL JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- JAMES EDWIN PROMMERSBERGERSergeant · April 16, 1966
- AMALIO GONZALEZPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD FRANKLINColonel · August 14, 1966
- CHARLES F AZARA JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS BURNSLance Corporal · October 20, 1966
- DONALD ALLEN JACKSONPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
- WALTER SUHARMajor · November 26, 1966
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.