THE WALL OF FACES

I knew both of Roberts Parents, met his mother who attended every Memorial and Veterans Day event at our local Vietnam Memorial. Both parent are now with Robert and they are at peace. Thank You for your service and Welcome Home, from a 9th Infantry Division combat veteran. 53 years is a long time, but to those of us that were in combat it is still like it was just yesterday!!! RIP

Thank you for your service to our country so long ago sir. The remembrance from Janet Wohlgemuth is especially poignant. As long as you are remembered you will always be with us...

Specialist Four Robert Lloyd Bennett, Served with Battery E, 82nd Artillery Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division.

Quan Loi Airfield was located in Binh Long Province, RVN. On February 23, 1969, Quan Loi was rocketed and mortared by the enemy, one of several mortar and rocket attacks the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese launched on Saigon, Da Nang, Hue, Bien Hoa Air Base, and other key targets throughout South Vietnam. SP4 Paul H. Tober and SP4 Robert L. Bennett, both aircraft mechanics from the E Battery, 82nd Artillery, 1st Cavalry Division, were killed at Quan Loi during the attack. [Taken from coffeltdatabase.org]

DEAR SPEC 4 BENNETT,
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AS AN AIRPLANE REPAIRMAN WITH THE 1ST CAVALRY. THIS WAS THE UNIT OF A FRIEND'S BROTHER. SAY HI TO MIKE. 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.