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PETER MORGAN BENTSON
Major · U.S. Army
December 22, 1940 – July 9, 1972
Service recordPeter Morgan Bentson, of Quaker Hill, Connecticut, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on July 9, 1972, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- December 22, 1940
- Home of record
- Quaker Hill, Connecticut (New London County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 9, 1972
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date July 9, 1972; four of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In July 1972, 53 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
He died in Binh Long Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 55
- RICHARD JOSEPH TALLMANBrigadier General · July 9, 1972
- FRANK CLIFFORD GREEN JRCommander · July 10, 1972
- KENNETH LLOYD CRODYCorporal · July 11, 1972
- JERRY WAYNE HENDRIXStaff Sergeant · July 11, 1972
Same unit, same day
- STANLEY J KUICKColonel · Panel 1W, Line 54
- JOHN ANDREW TODDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 1W, Line 54
- RICHARD JOSEPH TALLMANBrigadier General · Panel 1W, Line 55
From Quaker Hill
- DAVID RICHARD BINGHAMLance Corporal · May 2, 1968
- GEORGE CRAWFORD CURRIELance Corporal · June 22, 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.