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East Oak Grove Cemetery

Born:  April 07, 1947 at Morgantown, WV

Entered Service in the US Army from Fairmont, WV

Earned The Medal of Honor During the Vietnam War For heroism February 09 - 11, 1969 at Chu Pa, Pleiku Province, Vietnam

Corporal Bennett's platoon was moving to assist another platoon which had run into a North Vietnamese ambush when it was heavily engaged by intense fire from a fortified and numerically superior enemy unit. Three of the point men of the platoon fell wounded. Corporal Bennett ran through heavy fire to his fallen comrades, administered first aid and then carried the wounded men to positions of relative safety. He repeatedly braved intense enemy fire, moving across open areas to give aid and comfort to his comrades, and to retrieve the bodies of several fallen personnel. Throughout the night and following day he moved from position to position, treating and comforting personnel who had suffered shrapnel and gunshot wounds. On February 11, his company moved in an assault on the fortified enemy positions and was heavily engaged by the numerically superior enemy force. Five members of the company fell wounded in the initial assault. Corporal Bennett ran to their aid and treated one wounded comrade and began running toward another seriously wounded man located forward of the company position. Though warned that it was impossible to reach the man, he leaped forward to save his comrade's life and was mortally wounded.