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FRANK OWEN BONNARENS
Major · U.S. Army
February 11, 1932 – September 19, 1968
Service recordFrank Owen Bonnarens, of Browning, Missouri, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on September 19, 1968, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 33
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Staff Officer (2518)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- February 11, 1932
- Home of record
- Browning, Missouri (Linn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1968
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1968; four of them were lost in Darlac Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 33
- ELWYN REX CAPLINGColonel · January 19, 1968
- ALBERT A BANUELOS JRSergeant · September 19, 1968
- JOSEPH FRANK BIBERSergeant · September 19, 1968
- JOSEPH ADRIAN BISHOPMajor · September 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH ADRIAN BISHOPMajor · Panel 43W, Line 33
- THOMAS HENRY CLARKEN IIISpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 34
- JAMES JOHN STITESSpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 43
- WILLIAM EDWARD DICK JRSpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 44
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.