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DONALD RAYMOND BONKO
Captain · U.S. Army
December 16, 1936 – November 26, 1965
Service recordDonald Raymond Bonko, of Lorain, Ohio, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on November 26, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 114
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Nuclear Weapons Employment Specialist, Fa Unit Commander (51193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 16, 1936
- Home of record
- Lorain, Ohio (Lorain County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1965
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 114
- LESTER KEYLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- PORTER THAD DAVISSergeant First Class · November 26, 1965
From Lorain
- RAYMOND ELLSWORTH RUPCICFirst Lieutenant · April 6, 1965
- RONALD RALICHPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- THOMAS REGINALD COWLEYStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1966
- RAYMOND HODOROWSKILance Corporal · March 6, 1967
- GEORGE WILLIAM MCDANIELPrivate First Class · April 29, 1967
- JOSE HECTOR ORTIZPrivate First Class · June 28, 1967
- LARRY EDWARD FIELDSLance Corporal · July 14, 1967
- BRUCE BERNARD LIVINGSTONLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- ROBERT JOSEPH NAGYPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- PAUL JUNIOR MYERSPrivate First Class · February 5, 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.