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RICHARD BOYCE BENNETT
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 1, 1947 – May 2, 1969
Service recordRichard Boyce Bennett, of Murray, Utah, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 2, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 96
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ammunition Technician (2311)
- Born
- July 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Murray, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 96
- KENNETH LEROY WHITEStaff Sergeant · May 1, 1969
- GERALD DOUGLAS ANTHONYPrivate First Class · May 2, 1969
- FRANKLIN G ATKINSON JRSpecialist Four · May 2, 1969
- RODNEY JOE BLACKSpecialist Five · May 2, 1969
From Murray
- MARVIN CLYDE KILLIANPrivate First Class · July 26, 1966
- ALLEN DALE GAILEY JRPrivate · September 7, 1967
- DOUGLAS EDWARD ATWOODPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- SHELDON DON BOWLERPrivate · November 22, 1967
- BLAIR LOGAN KEOWNPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
- DALE ELLING CHRISTENSENMaster Sergeant · April 2, 1970
- DEAN WILLIAM HARDMANCorporal · September 12, 1970
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.