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ROBERT HORACE BENNETT
Captain · U.S. Army
April 10, 1946 – November 4, 1970
Service recordRobert Horace Bennett, of Starkville, Mississippi, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 38
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. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Starkville, Mississippi (Oktibbeha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1970; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 38
- RAY ARNETT JRLance Corporal · November 4, 1970
- JOSEPH BRUCE BRITTAINPrivate First Class · November 4, 1970
- LUIS ANTONIO CRUZLance Corporal · November 4, 1970
- JOHNELL WITHERSPOONSpecialist Five · November 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES DAVID HOFFMANPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 39
- JOSEPH MARTINEZ SOTOSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 39
From Starkville
- GEORGE EDWARD COLLIERSergeant · May 28, 1962
- ROBERT MORRIS HILLSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- GEORGE HOWARD WARDPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- CLIFTON FLOYD VAUGHNPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
- JACK ROWLEY LICHTE JRFirst Lieutenant · March 20, 1967
- THOMAS LESLIE WARDPrivate First Class · January 7, 1968
- WILLIAM NEWTON JOHNSONSecond Lieutenant · January 27, 1968
- VICTOR MICHAEL STRIBLINGPrivate First Class · February 12, 1968
- CHARLES LOUIS HUNTERSpecialist Four · June 18, 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.