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ROBERT DAVID BENGTSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 10, 1946 – March 29, 1969
Service recordRobert David Bengtson, of Hallock, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 29, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Hallock, Minnesota (Kittson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1969; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 78
- PAUL JOSEPH BAKERCorporal · March 29, 1969
- TERRY JOE BARNHOLDTSpecialist Four · March 29, 1969
- STEPHEN DOUGLAS BOARDStaff Sergeant · March 29, 1969
- MARTIN JOSEPH CANAVAN JRStaff Sergeant · March 29, 1969
From Hallock
- RICHARD DALE MCGOVERNPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- MILO STEVEN HOMSTADPetty Officer Third Class · July 4, 1968
- RICHARD ARTHUR KNUTSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 8, 1973
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.