Vietnam War
Unit | 333rd Tactical Fighter Squadron |
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Rank | Colonel U.S. Air Force |
Entered Service From | Birmingham Alabama |
Date of Death | September 2 1967 |
Status | Missing In Action |
Memorialized |
Courts of the Missing
Court
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Honolulu Memorial |
Notes
Colonel Bennett was a member of the 333rd Tactical Fighter Squadron. On September 2, 1967, he was the pilot of a Thunderchief Fighter (F-105D) on a mission over Quang Binh Province, North Vietnam, when his aircraft was shot down by hostile fire. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.