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HONORED ON PANEL 1E, LINE 79 OF THE WALL
HAROLD GEORGE BENNETT
WALL NAME
HAROLD G BENNETT
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1E/79
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LEFT FOR HAROLD GEORGE BENNETT
POSTED ON 2.20.2025
POSTED BY: [email protected]
“U.S. Sergeant, Executed by Vietcong, Died Defiant”” (article)
POSTED ON 1.16.2025
POSTED BY: [email protected]
“Execution Of G.I. Termed Murder” (article)
POSTED ON 11.30.2023
POSTED BY: Katelyn Williams
This is my Great IUncle
Great has many meanings in this case. He was the first POW of Vietnam. In 1993 my mother was on a plane & the man sitting next to her handed her Harold's service wrist band and dog tags.
POSTED ON 2.9.2022
POSTED BY: kr
LETTER FROM FORMER POWS TO SENATE SELECT CMTE ON POW/MIA AFFAIRS (REF SSG BENNETT) (PART 2)
(Continued from Part 1, below entry)
The officially ordered "reprisal executions" of Versace, Roraback, and Bennett, which were declared by the Johnson State Department an "act of wanton murder" in violation of the Geneva convention and reported in the attached October 11, 1965 issue of Newsweek, involved present senior members of the Vietnamese government. These members are:
Vo Van Kiet, the current prime minister of Vietnam and former deputy chairman of the Central Committee of the National Liberation Front;
Col. Gen. Tran Van Tra, currently the vice chairman of the Vietnam's Veterans Association and the former chairman of the Central Committee of the National Liberation Front;
Nguyen Huu Tho, currently the chairman of Vietnam's Fatherland Front and former member of the Central Committee for the National Liberation Front;
Ma Chi Tho, currently a senior member of the Vietnam government and former member of the Central Committee of the National Liberation Front.
These ranking officials ordered the "reprisal executions" and they know exactly where the remains of Versace, Roraback, and Bennett are buried. They also know exactly where Tadios and ALL other Americans who died in captivity are buried. Despite pledges of cooperation from both the U.S. government and Vietnam, the remains of these prisoners have not been returned by Hanoi.
Various U.S. officials have met with Kiet who has pledged Vietnam's full cooperation in solving the POW/MIA issue in exchange for President Bush lifting the trade embargo against Vietnam. Kiet has not ordered that the remains of the U.S. prisoners the Central Committee ordered executed be turned over and we fear that unless demands are made prior to lifting the trade embargo, the remains of Versace, Roraback, Bennett, and Tadios may never be returned home to their families.
We are asking the Senate Select Committee to ask prime minister Kiet to turn over to the Select Committee the records of the executions and the remains of these three prisoners of war.
Will you urge President Bush to suspend the current plans for lifting the trade embargo and normalization of relations between the United States and Vietnam until the remains Versace, Roraback, Bennett, and all American prisoners of war who died in captivity are recovered?
Sincerely,
Larry Stark (Army Vet / Dept of the Navy Civilian)
Dan Pitzer (SGM (ret.) USASF)
Jose J. Anzaldua (Maj (ret.) USMC)
The officially ordered "reprisal executions" of Versace, Roraback, and Bennett, which were declared by the Johnson State Department an "act of wanton murder" in violation of the Geneva convention and reported in the attached October 11, 1965 issue of Newsweek, involved present senior members of the Vietnamese government. These members are:
Vo Van Kiet, the current prime minister of Vietnam and former deputy chairman of the Central Committee of the National Liberation Front;
Col. Gen. Tran Van Tra, currently the vice chairman of the Vietnam's Veterans Association and the former chairman of the Central Committee of the National Liberation Front;
Nguyen Huu Tho, currently the chairman of Vietnam's Fatherland Front and former member of the Central Committee for the National Liberation Front;
Ma Chi Tho, currently a senior member of the Vietnam government and former member of the Central Committee of the National Liberation Front.
These ranking officials ordered the "reprisal executions" and they know exactly where the remains of Versace, Roraback, and Bennett are buried. They also know exactly where Tadios and ALL other Americans who died in captivity are buried. Despite pledges of cooperation from both the U.S. government and Vietnam, the remains of these prisoners have not been returned by Hanoi.
Various U.S. officials have met with Kiet who has pledged Vietnam's full cooperation in solving the POW/MIA issue in exchange for President Bush lifting the trade embargo against Vietnam. Kiet has not ordered that the remains of the U.S. prisoners the Central Committee ordered executed be turned over and we fear that unless demands are made prior to lifting the trade embargo, the remains of Versace, Roraback, Bennett, and Tadios may never be returned home to their families.
We are asking the Senate Select Committee to ask prime minister Kiet to turn over to the Select Committee the records of the executions and the remains of these three prisoners of war.
Will you urge President Bush to suspend the current plans for lifting the trade embargo and normalization of relations between the United States and Vietnam until the remains Versace, Roraback, Bennett, and all American prisoners of war who died in captivity are recovered?
Sincerely,
Larry Stark (Army Vet / Dept of the Navy Civilian)
Dan Pitzer (SGM (ret.) USASF)
Jose J. Anzaldua (Maj (ret.) USMC)