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WAYNE BENNETT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 22, 1948 – May 17, 1970
Service recordWayne Bennett, of Scottsdale, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 55
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Scottsdale, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 55
- GARY RICHARD WHITECorporal · May 16, 1970
- AUBREY WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · May 16, 1970
- SAMMIE EDWARD ALEXANDERSergeant First Class · May 17, 1970
- PHILLIP FRED ARNOLDWarrant Officer 1 · May 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID FRANCIS JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 57
- NASH FRYCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 59
From Scottsdale
- WILLIAM CHARLES TOTHPrivate First Class · October 27, 1964
- CURTIS RAY TARKINGTONPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- JOHN FRANKLIN BOYCEFirst Lieutenant · August 15, 1966
- LEONARD ARVIN ENOSSpecialist Four · May 25, 1967
- WILLIAM EUGENE HAMILTONPrivate First Class · September 29, 1967
- ELGAN LEROY MOOREStaff Sergeant · December 4, 1967
- DAVID JOHN MONCAVAGEPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
- GREGG R FOURMENTINPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- DONALD RAY HANNACorporal · April 25, 1968
- JACK DAVID CARTERPrivate First Class · March 25, 1969
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.