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JOSEPH RICHARD BENNETT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 28, 1947 – April 24, 1968
Service recordJoseph Richard Bennett, of Titusville, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 44
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Titusville, Pennsylvania (Crawford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 44
- GEORGE BERNARD AYERSCorporal · April 24, 1968
- JOSEPH JAMES BRADYLance Corporal · April 24, 1968
- DAVID JOE CABALLEROCorporal · April 24, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN COXSpecialist Four · April 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RUSSELL FLOYD DEITCHLERSergeant · Panel 51E, Line 45
- RALPH FREDENBERGSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 45
- BUFORD GERALD JOHNSONSpecialist Five · Panel 51E, Line 47
- KENNETH EUGENE KOTYLUKSpecialist Five · Panel 51E, Line 47
- DALE LEE LAMBERTSpecialist Five · Panel 51E, Line 47
- BRIAN HARDMAN PHILIBERTChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 51E, Line 49
- STUART ARTHUR WERNERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 52E, Line 2
From Titusville
- MERLIN HOWARD VROMANSergeant First Class · July 21, 1967
- PATRICK CYRIL CARTNEYSpecialist Five · January 31, 1968
- DONALD R PHILLIS JRSergeant · July 14, 1968
- ALFRED LEROY WYANTCorporal · August 2, 1968
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.