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MICHAEL E BENNETT
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 15, 1946 – November 1, 1967
Service recordMichael E Bennett, of Brentwood, New Hampshire, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 107
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Brentwood, New Hampshire (Rockingham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 107
- CURTIS F WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- LOUIS ELTON ARMSTEADSpecialist Four · November 1, 1967
- HOWARD LYNN BARTLEYPrivate First Class · November 1, 1967
- EDWARD ALAN BEILFUSS JRPrivate First Class · November 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WALTER EARL BENTLEYCorporal · Panel 29E, Line 1
- KEITH VINCENT HUFFSTUTLERPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 3
- JOHN DAVID MICHAELISSergeant First Class · Panel 29E, Line 4
- MOSES MICKLEPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 29E, Line 4
- JOHN HAROLD WELCHCorporal · Panel 29E, Line 7
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.