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JOHN WILLIE BENNETT
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 29, 1949 – October 14, 1969
Service recordJohn Willie Bennett, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 14, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 76
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- July 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 14, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date October 14, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 76
- FRANK NORMAN WILLIAMSCorporal · October 13, 1969
- DENNIS ADRAIN BROWNPrivate First Class · October 14, 1969
- JIMMIE LYNN CASTLEBERRYSpecialist Four · October 14, 1969
- WALTER GUY WICKER JRCorporal · October 14, 1969
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 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.