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ROBERT VERNON BENNETT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 29, 1947 – May 11, 1968
Service recordRobert Vernon Bennett, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 19
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 29, 1947
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 19
- LEONARD JONATHEN BELLSergeant · May 11, 1968
- THOMAS HOWARD BERGRENSergeant · May 11, 1968
- PEARL BUSHStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1968
- JAMES GILBERT COLLINSSpecialist Four · May 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PEARL BUSHStaff Sergeant · Panel 58E, Line 19
- JUAN MACIAS JIMENEZSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 22
- EDWARD WAYNE PIGGSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 27
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 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.