RANGER JOHN WILLIE BENNETT

--- General / Personal ---

Last name: BENNETT
First name: JOHN WILLIE
Home of Record (official): COLUMBUS
State (official): OH
Date of Birth: Friday, July 29, 1949
Sex: Male
Race: Negro
Marital Status: Single

--- Military ---

Branch: Army
Rank: CPL
Serial Number: 297482900
Component: Regular
Posthumous promotion as indicated
Pay grade: E3
MOS (Military Occupational Specialty code): 11F2P
Major Organization: Americal Div (non-brigade units)

--- Action ---

Start of Tour: Tuesday, April 1, 1969
Date of Casualty: Tuesday, October 14, 1969
Age at time of loss: 20
Casualty type: (C1) Non-hostile, died of other causes
Reason: Drowned, suffocated (Ground casualty)
Country: South VietNam
Province: Quang Tin
The Wall: Panel 17W - Row 076