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HERMINIO AMELIO BONILLA
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 25, 1946 – January 14, 1970
Service recordHerminio Amelio Bonilla, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 14, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 32
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- April 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 32
- JOSEPH PAUL ANTONELLISpecialist Four · January 14, 1970
- LEE ALEXANDER CONNERSSergeant · January 14, 1970
- ROBERT DALE FARNHAMSergeant · January 14, 1970
- WILLIAM GREGORY LITTLECorporal · January 14, 1970
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.