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PHILIP MARK BENNETT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 9, 1950 – May 12, 1970
Service recordPhilip Mark Bennett, of Sacramento, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 22
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 9, 1950
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 22
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS BOOTHCaptain · May 12, 1970
- EDWARD FRANCIS BRADY IIIStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1970
- RONALD EDWARD CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · May 12, 1970
- ROBERT CHILDRESS JRCorporal · May 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- TROY LEE FLINTSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 24
- HORACIO A FONSECA-VARGASPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 24
- KEITH KOY FRANKLINSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 24
- CHARLES MARION KOONCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 26
- THOMAS SHERRYSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 29
- ROBERT CHARLES THOMPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 30
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 1966
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.