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EUGENE VINCENT SONNER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 12, 1932 – February 10, 1968
Service recordEugene Vincent Sonner, of Elmira, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 10, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ch-34 Helicopter Repairman (67P)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 12, 1932
- Home of record
- Elmira, New York (Chemung County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1968
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1968; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 68
- RONALD DELL BUNTINGPrivate First Class · February 10, 1968
- EARL WARREN HAUGSergeant · February 10, 1968
- LARRY LEONARD HOYTPrivate First Class · February 10, 1968
- HUGH RICHARD JOHNSON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1968
From Elmira
- RICHARD FRANK BARNESPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- JOHN R COWANSpecialist Four · March 11, 1966
- JOHN ANTHONY VERGALLITOStaff Sergeant · March 20, 1966
- ALEN LOUIS GARDNERPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- MYRON STANLEY BEACH JRSergeant First Class · July 10, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH BREWERLance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- FRANK WILLIAM COX JRFirst Lieutenant · July 14, 1968
- JAY DEE RUMSEYCorporal · January 25, 1969
- RICHARD E SLAVENStaff Sergeant · March 29, 1969
- RICHARD DUANE WALKERLieutenant Colonel · June 14, 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.