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KENNETH DEVON BENNETT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 13, 1949 – May 12, 1970
Service recordKenneth Devon Bennett, of White Pigeon, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1970, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 21
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 13, 1949
- Home of record
- White Pigeon, Michigan (St Joseph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1970; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 21
- DANIEL JOSEPH YADOCKCorporal · May 11, 1970
- CARROLL EDWARD ADAMS JRBrigadier General · May 12, 1970
- GLENN ARTHUR ADAMSChief Warrant Officer 3 · May 12, 1970
- JAMES VINCENT BALLAYSergeant · May 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RONALD EDWARD CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 22
- ARDIE RAY COPASSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 23
- STEPHEN JOSEPH KEESLERCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 25
- LEOPOLDO AYALA LOPEZSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 26
- THOMAS ALLEN STEPHENSCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 29
From White Pigeon
- DONALD JAMES JRStaff Sergeant · August 17, 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.