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WALTER EARL BENTLEY
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 10, 1947 – November 1, 1967
Service recordWalter Earl Bentley, of New Britain, Connecticut, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 1
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 10, 1947
- Home of record
- New Britain, Connecticut (Hartford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 1
- JOHN B BURGESSPrivate First Class · November 1, 1967
- RONALD JOSEPH COSTANTINOLance Corporal · November 1, 1967
- MORRELL JOSEPH CRARYSecond Lieutenant · November 1, 1967
- NICHOLAS BEN ENRIQUEZCorporal · November 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL E BENNETTSecond Lieutenant · Panel 28E, Line 107
- KEITH VINCENT HUFFSTUTLERPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 3
- JOHN DAVID MICHAELISSergeant First Class · Panel 29E, Line 4
- MOSES MICKLEPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 29E, Line 4
- JOHN HAROLD WELCHCorporal · Panel 29E, Line 7
From New Britain
- JOHN M GRASSO JRPrivate First Class · November 27, 1965
- RICHARD EARL CHABOTLance Corporal · December 10, 1965
- FLOYD MONROE HORTONSergeant · March 30, 1966
- RICHARD ARTHUR GILBREATHPetty Officer Third Class · July 22, 1966
- RICHARD W ROYSpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- PEDRO O CANCELPrivate First Class · January 7, 1967
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH PELLETIERPrivate First Class · March 28, 1967
- MICHAEL DAVID SMITHLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- JOSEPH EVERETT LAVIGNEPrivate First Class · July 31, 1967
- JOHN DENNIS WHORFFSpecialist Four · August 29, 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.