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RICHARD CHARLES BENNETT
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 1, 1948 – August 10, 1967
Service recordRichard Charles Bennett, of Wood River, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 10, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 98
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Wood River, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1967; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 98
- JOHN KIRBY WILLIAMSPetty Officer Third Class · August 9, 1967
- HARVEY EUGENE WYNNPrivate First Class · August 9, 1967
- THOMAS GERARD DINEEN JRSecond Lieutenant · August 10, 1967
- PAUL EDWARD TIGUE JRSergeant · August 10, 1967
From Wood River
- JAMES STEPHEN STASSIPrivate First Class · June 27, 1967
- CHRIS ANTHONY TOTORALance Corporal · October 25, 1967
- DAVID LEE HAMPTONPrivate First Class · March 13, 1968
- CHARLES WILBURN MOODYStaff Sergeant · April 6, 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.