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ROBERT ELWOOD BENNETT III
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
December 8, 1942 – December 13, 1967
Service recordRobert Elwood Bennett III, of Springfield, New Jersey, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 13, 1967, in Vinh Binh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 85
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 558 TFS
- Born
- December 8, 1942
- Home of record
- Springfield, New Jersey (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 13, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Vinh Binh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 13, 1967; he was the only one lost in Vinh Binh Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 31E, Line 85
- GEORGE PATRICK OTOOLE JRCaptain · December 12, 1967
- JAMES WILLIAM POWELL JRPrivate First Class · December 12, 1967
- ROBERT DEWITT BERTASpecialist Four · December 13, 1967
- BRUCE HOWARD BUMGARNERPrivate First Class · December 13, 1967
From Springfield
- SEYMOUR R BASSMajor · May 14, 1968
- DENNIS JOSEPH COLLSpecialist Four · March 3, 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.