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THOMAS EVANS BENNETT
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
May 28, 1949 – February 24, 1971
Service recordThomas Evans Bennett, of Boston, Massachusetts, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1971, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 2
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
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Boston, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1971; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 2
- STEVEN WILLIAM GOELZWarrant Officer 1 · February 24, 1971
- VERNON ANDREW GREENSpecialist Four · February 24, 1971
- CLARENCE DEAN HAKESWarrant Officer 1 · February 24, 1971
- STANLEY ALLEN JACKSONPrivate · February 24, 1971
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN WILLIAM GOELZWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 4W, Line 2
- VERNON ANDREW GREENSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 2
- CLARENCE DEAN HAKESWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 4W, Line 2
- CRAIG JAMES JAKELSpecialist Five · Panel 4W, Line 3
- JOSEPH MICHAEL WILSHERCaptain · Panel 4W, Line 3
From Boston
- ORIEN JUDSON WALKER JRMajor · May 23, 1965
- SEYMOUR PATRICK SADBERRYPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- STEPHEN JOSEPH STERITIPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- BRUCE ELLSWORTH JASONStaff Sergeant · September 13, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD JOYCE JRFirst Lieutenant · November 16, 1966
- JOHN H JOYCEMajor · December 21, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH CONNERSPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS MURRAYCorporal · April 26, 1967
- LEO JOSEPH SULLIVAN JRLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- BOBBY LEE FINNEYSpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
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.