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RUSSEL DEAN BENTSON
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
November 30, 1946 – October 26, 1967
Service recordRussel Dean Bentson, of Salt Lake City, Utah, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on October 26, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 72
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 114 AVN CO 3 AVN BN 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1967; four of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 72
- JOSEPH ROBERT BECK JRSpecialist Five · October 26, 1967
- RONALD DAVID BENNETTCaptain · October 26, 1967
- LARRY DEAN BLEEKERSecond Lieutenant · October 26, 1967
- RICHARD KLEMM BOYD JRMajor · October 26, 1967
From Salt Lake City
- DONALD VERNON MCGREGORCaptain · August 13, 1963
- REED GEORGE JENSENMajor · July 28, 1964
- FRANCIS JOHN DUNC DELMARKLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- DON RICHARD HOODCaptain · October 2, 1965
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1965
- ROBERT LEE STOKESSergeant · November 15, 1965
- ROBERT LEE CRAFTPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS PARKERSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- DAVID J BROADHEADPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- THOMAS GAVIN WALSTERLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1966
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.