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BEN DOMINIC BONO
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 19, 1946 – May 14, 1967
Service recordBen Dominic Bono, of O'fallon, Missouri, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 14, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 115
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- December 19, 1946
- Home of record
- O'fallon, Missouri (St Charles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 115
- DANIEL WARREN BEARYPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES BOSTCorporal · May 14, 1967
- STEVEN ANDRE BROQUISTSecond Lieutenant · May 14, 1967
- JAMES MICHAEL BRYANPetty Officer Third Class · May 14, 1967
From O'fallon
- WILLIAM WILLIS HOODPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- ROBERT WAYNE SWAFFORDPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- ROBERT STEPHEN UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- LARRY ALAN STEPHENSPrivate First Class · September 1, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.