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DON W BONNER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 4, 1944 – December 3, 1968
Service recordDon W Bonner, of Hoxie, Arkansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 3, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 28
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 4, 1944
- Home of record
- Hoxie, Arkansas (Lawrence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 3, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date December 3, 1968; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 28
- JAN DEVOE MILLERAirman First Class · December 2, 1968
- EDWARD ALLEN BELLSpecialist Four · December 3, 1968
- LESLEY BOLING JRPrivate First Class · December 3, 1968
- JAMES JOSEPH BOLSONSpecialist Four · December 3, 1968
- DANIEL JOSEPH BURDICKFirst Lieutenant · December 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN RAYMOND AUSBERNCorporal · Panel 37W, Line 27
- ALEX BOYD CONLEYSergeant · Panel 37W, Line 30
- KENNETH GERALD GREENSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 32
- JAMES TIMOTHY SHEFFIELDPrivate · Panel 37W, Line 36
- ARTHUR LEE WARNERSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 37
From Hoxie
- MICHAEL CLAY HALSTEADCorporal · December 19, 1965
- ELIE EDWARD SWARTZLANDERStaff Sergeant · November 18, 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.