THE WALL OF FACES

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. May you rest in eternal peace.

SGT Daniel Morris Bennett is buried in Block D, Lot 192 of the Boynton Beach Memorial Park and Mausoleum in Boynton Beach, FL.

Your sacrifice is not forgotten.

Semper Fi, Marine.

Sergeant Daniel Morris Bennett, Served with Marine Observation Squadron 6 (VMO-6), Marine Aircraft Group 36 (MAG-36), 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (1st MAW), Third Marine Amphibious Force.

DEAR SERGEANT BENNETT,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AS AN AVIATION SUPPLY MAN, MANUAL ACCOUNTING. SEMPER FI. IT IS 2017, WHICH MAKES IT FAR TOO LONG FOR YOU TO HAVE BEEN GONE. WE APPRECIATE ALL YOU HAVE DONE, AND YOUR SACRIFICE. WATCH OVER THE U.S.A., IT STILL NEEDS YOUR COURAGE.. GOD BLESS YOU. MAY THE SAINTS AND ANGELS BE AT YOUR SIDE. REST IN PEACE. AND HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY.

On November 14, 1966, a U.S. Marine Corps helicopter UH-1E (tail number 151873) from Marine Observation Squadron 6 (VMO-6) was shot down during a strafing run while attempting to neutralize enemy guns that had already claimed Marine aircraft earlier in the day. While on its gunnery run, 873 was hit (pilot CAPT Leon G. Chadwick III was fatally shot during the gun run) and crashed in flames. Two other crewmembers, CPL Rodolfo M. Gonzalez and SGT Daniel M. Bennett, were killed either by the enemy fire or the crash. The fourth crewmember, co-pilot COL Kenneth L. Reusser, the MAG-16 Commanding Officer [and three-war aviation hero] miraculously survived the crash and enemy fire and was rescued by a Marine from a nearby patrol. COL Reusser was taken from the zone to Hill 55 by an armored vehicle, then to the Naval Hospital by helicopter, later evacuated to Bethesda Naval Hospital in serious condition. [Taken from vhpa.org and popasmoke.com]