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ROBERT DAVID BENNETT
Captain · U.S. Air Force
October 7, 1931 – November 5, 1962
Service recordRobert David Bennett, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 5, 1962, in An Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 14
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- October 7, 1931
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 5, 1962
- Age
- 31
- Province
- An Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date November 5, 1962; two of them were lost in An Xugen Province. In November 1962, 4 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 14
- JOHNNIE GENE LEESergeant · November 3, 1962
- GARRY CLAYTON MCFETRIDGEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1962
- WILLIAM BOYD TULLYFirst Lieutenant · November 5, 1962
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
From Cincinnati
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- MATTHEWS SHELTONPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
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.