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JOHN LEE BENDOR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 1, 1949 – March 11, 1969
Service recordJohn Lee Bendor, of Solana Beach, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1969, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 4
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
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Solana Beach, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1969; two of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 4
- PHILLIP RAY BAILYPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
- WILLIAM HOWARD BARKSDALESergeant · March 11, 1969
- DARYL CHARLES BAUERPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
- PERRY LEONARD BOZEMANPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY LEE STONERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 29W, Line 15
From Solana Beach
- THOMAS LEE MERICANTANTEPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- VICTOR LOPEZSpecialist Four · January 17, 1969
- CHARLES DRAYTON HENRICKSFirst Lieutenant · March 23, 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.