The Wall › Panel 52W › Tennessee › Prentice J Bennett
PRENTICE J BENNETT
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 10, 1945 – July 17, 1968
Service recordPrentice J Bennett, of Hohenwald, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 17, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 40
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Hohenwald, Tennessee (Lewis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 17, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date July 17, 1968; 23 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 40
- CHARLES WESLEY SRADER JRPrivate First Class · July 16, 1968
- RAYMOND EARL WRIGHTCorporal · July 16, 1968
- JACOB BENNETTPrivate First Class · July 17, 1968
- EDGAR LEE BOWERSSpecialist Four · July 17, 1968
From Hohenwald
- SAMMY L BREWERPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- EARL THOMAS QUILLENPrivate First Class · March 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.