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IKE OTHEL BONNER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 28, 1947 – June 4, 1968
Service recordIke Othel Bonner, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 4, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60W · Line 7
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- July 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1968; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60W, Line 7
- PETER JOSEPH WEIDEMIERPrivate First Class · June 3, 1968
- ALLEN WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 3, 1968
- DAVID CLARK WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 3, 1968
- MICHAEL LUND WILSONSecond Lieutenant · June 3, 1968
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 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.