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FREDERICK NEIL BONNER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 19, 1946 – December 31, 1968
Service recordFrederick Neil Bonner, of East Brunswick, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 31, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 11
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 19, 1946
- Home of record
- East Brunswick, New Jersey (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 31, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 31, 1968; five of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 11
- ANTHONY PETER BUSCEMIPrivate First Class · December 31, 1968
- STEVEN CHARLES CZARNECKISergeant · December 31, 1968
- DOUGLAS ALAN DUGGERFirst Lieutenant · December 31, 1968
- JOHN JACOB MCLAY JRPrivate First Class · December 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ANTHONY PETER BUSCEMIPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 11
- CHARLES ARTHUR JACKSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 35W, Line 12
- HARLAN SECRESSSergeant · Panel 35W, Line 13
- ROBERT HENRY SINCLAIR JRSergeant · Panel 35W, Line 14
- FRANCIS C SULLIVAN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 14
From East Brunswick
- JAN AVERY ELKINSCorporal · October 26, 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.