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JOHN CLAIR BONNEY
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 4, 1948 – April 3, 1968
Service recordJohn Clair Bonney, of Vandercook Lake, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 3, 1968, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 46
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Vandercook Lake, Michigan (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 47E, Line 46
- HARRY LAMAR BLALOCKPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- WAYNE BOYDPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- JOHN JAMES BRADYSecond Lieutenant · April 3, 1968
- CANDIDO CABRERA-RODRIGUEZSergeant First Class · April 3, 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.