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WILLIAM RAYMOND BENNETT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 28, 1947 – December 1, 1966
Service recordWilliam Raymond Bennett, of Cottonwood, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 1, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 131
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Cottonwood, Arizona (Yavapai County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 1, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 1, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 131
- LLOYD HANS ROHDEStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1966
- LEWIS ALBANESEPrivate First Class · December 1, 1966
- MELVIN WALLACE ANDERSONPrivate First Class · December 1, 1966
- DENNIS EUGENE BENEDETTISpecialist Four · December 1, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LEWIS ALBANESEPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 131
- DENNIS EUGENE BENEDETTISpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 131
- ROBERT EDWARD BUTLERPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 132
- STEPHEN WAYNE DAYPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 132
- XAVIER FERNANDEZSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 132
- GEORGE LOUIS GAVARIASpecialist Five · Panel 13E, Line 1
- ALLAN JOSEPH NELSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 1
- CLIFFORD SMITHCaptain · Panel 13E, Line 2
From Cottonwood
- FRANK AMBROSE RAZOPrivate First Class · June 1, 1966
- ANTHONY LEE BENNETTSecond Lieutenant · May 31, 1968
- MICHAEL ALAN HILLSergeant · July 13, 1972
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.