STEVEN H BENNEFELD
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HONORED ON PANEL 24E, LINE 15 OF THE WALL

STEVEN HENRY BENNEFELD

WALL NAME

STEVEN H BENNEFELD

PANEL / LINE

24E/15

DATE OF BIRTH

12/24/1947

CASUALTY PROVINCE

QUANG TRI

DATE OF CASUALTY

07/29/1967

HOME OF RECORD

GIRARD

COUNTY OF RECORD

Crawford County

STATE

KS

BRANCH OF SERVICE

MARINE CORPS

RANK

PFC

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Contact Details
STATUS

MIA

REMEMBRANCES

LEFT FOR STEVEN HENRY BENNEFELD
POSTED ON 12.31.2023
POSTED BY: DAVID THOMPSON

AIR MUSEUM POW/MIA BRACELET DISPLAY

I am the Curator of the POW/MIA Bracelet Display in the Vietnam Hangar of the Palm Springs Air Museum in Palm Springs, California where we now have over two thousand bracelets and would be honored to include your bracelet in our Display. If you are an immediate family member (spouse, fiancé, sibling, child, grandchild, cousin, niece, nephew) or close friend I can order one for the Display in your name.
https://palmspringsairmuseum.org/vietnam-pow-bracelet-display/
Dr. Dave Thompson
Palm Springs Air Museum
POW/MIA Bracelet Display Curator
Lt. Commander U.S. Navy 1964-1970
10-103 Lakeview Dr. Rancho Mirage, Ca 92270
760-328-0859 760-464-6843 [email protected]
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POSTED ON 12.18.2022
POSTED BY: ANON

POW-MIA

Never forget.

Semper Fi, Marine
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POSTED ON 1.15.2022

Operation Kingfisher - July 29, 1967

Operation Kingfisher was a U.S. Marine Corps operation carried out near Con Thien, Quang Tri Province, RVN, lasting from July 16 to October 31, 1967. The objective of Kingfisher was to block entry of North Vietnamese Army (NVA) forces into the eastern portion of the province. Initially, only minor contact was made with the NVA. On July 28th, 2/9 Marines, supported by a platoon of tanks and several other tracked vehicles, moved north on Provincial Route 606 to make a spoiling attack into the Demilitarized Zone. The unit made no contact with the NVA and set up a night defensive position near the Ben Hai River. The following morning, as the unit was returning along the same route, a command detonated mine exploded, wounding five Marines. Further down the convoy, a second mine was detonated. The NVA then opened fire with small arms and mortar fire and attacked the armored vehicles with rocket-propelled grenades. The enemy hugged the U.S. column, preventing the use of air support and causing the column to break up into several separate firefights. The convoy then retreated; only through the use of napalm support were the Marines saved from a complete rout. The isolated companies set up night defensive positions and were relieved by 3/4 Marines on the morning of July 30th. U.S. casualties were 33 dead and 251 wounded. The lost personnel included CPL Dewey L. Beatty, LCPL Alan C. Erickson, PFC Eric M. Dewey, SGT James M. Lynch, PFC Charles W. Hollwedel, PFC Richard H. Taylor, PFC Jerry G. Wright, PFC Dennis E. Brown, LCPL Michael F. Gaffney, 2LT Robert A. Kisch, CPL Richard L. La Flair, LCPL Ronald L. McJunkin, LCPL Carl J. Olson, PVT Ricky W. Richardson, LCPL Allen J. White, LCPL Robert W. Wilfong, PFC John M. Dudley, CPL Robert L. Ellison, LCPL Walter C. Gibson, PFC Eddie L. Roberts, PFC William F. Seveney, CPL Lee R. Taylor, PFC Steven H. Bennefeld (body not recovered), LCPL Phillip Jacob, LCPL Richard H. Johnson, LCPL Larry V. Kinard, LCPL Anthony M. Leach, CPL Alfred J. Gaspar, LCPL James G. McGovern, LCPL James P. Proctor (died of wounds 08/01/1967), LCPL Henry W. Bernard, LCPL Stanley K. Patrick, and GYSGT David S. Prentice. Thirty-two NVA dead were counted and a further 175 were believed killed. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org and “U.S. Marines in Vietnam: Fighting the North Vietnamese 1967” by Telfer, Rogers, and Fleming; Image: Poncho-wrapped bodies of Marines wait to be put aboard a tank for evacuation]
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POSTED ON 12.24.2021
POSTED BY: Jury Washington

Thank You For Your Valiant Service Marine.

May those who served never be forgotten. Rest in peace PFC. Bennefeld, I salute your brave soul. My heart goes out to you and your family. Semper Fidelis!
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POSTED ON 7.6.2021
POSTED BY: john fabris

honoring you....

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. It remains my fervent hope you will be returned home.
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