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DAVID LARRY BONESTEEL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 19, 1948 – July 7, 1969
Service recordDavid Larry Bonesteel, of Davison, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 7, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 73
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Davison, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1969; six of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 73
- LEROY WARDPrivate · July 6, 1969
- MICHAEL DEAN WEBBPrivate First Class · July 6, 1969
- THOMAS JOSEPH ZELENKASpecialist Five · July 6, 1969
- JAMES WAYNE BEDELLCorporal · July 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES WAYNE BEDELLCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 73
- HAROLD ANTHONY COXSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 74
- JAMES D KNOWLESSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 76
- RONALD EUGENE NEWELLSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 77
- BILLY EARL PERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 77
- CURTIS ADRON STEPHENSSergeant First Class · Panel 21W, Line 78
From Davison
- LOWELL DEAN HOLDENStaff Sergeant · September 15, 1967
- HOWARD L DOYLESecond Lieutenant · December 14, 1967
- GARY JOSEPH THOMASCorporal · May 18, 1968
- MARTIN T SCOTT IISpecialist Four · March 5, 1969
- DAVID LEE EXPrivate First Class · June 12, 1970
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.