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CHARLES CHRISTOPHER BONNET
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 10, 1944 – March 18, 1967
Service recordCharles Christopher Bonnet, of Falls Church, Virginia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 18, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 5
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. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 10, 1944
- Home of record
- Falls Church, Virginia (Falls Church (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1967; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 5
- LARRY EUGENE WILSONPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- LLOYD CYRUS WOHLFORD JRPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- VERNON HOWARD BAKER IICorporal · June 18, 1967
- JAMES E BERRYAirman · June 18, 1967
From Falls Church
- LYELL FRANCIS KINGCaptain · February 18, 1966
- GEORGE EVERETT PERRY IIICaptain · June 17, 1966
- GEORGE EMILE HONSELance Corporal · January 8, 1967
- ERNEST MICHAEL BEAUCHAMPLance Corporal · March 4, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH SUTTONLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- WALTER TASMAN EADSPetty Officer First Class · July 29, 1967
- THOMAS FRANCIS REGANFirst Lieutenant · September 18, 1967
- DARRELL RAYMOND UMHOLTZPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- PETER FRANCIS DONNELLFirst Lieutenant · April 26, 1968
- DAVID FRANCIS STRICKLERCorporal · April 29, 1968
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.