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ROSS EDWARD BEDIENT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 21, 1949 – July 13, 1970
Service recordRoss Edward Bedient, of Valois, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 13, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Valois, New York (Schuyler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 13, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date July 13, 1970; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 14
- ROBERT LAMARR BRYANSergeant · July 13, 1970
- LARRY DOUGLAS ENGEBRETSONSpecialist Four · July 13, 1970
- RICHARD WAYNE EVANSCorporal · July 13, 1970
- DAVID BARTOW HAYESSergeant First Class · July 13, 1970
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.