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JOHN CLIFTON BONZO
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 3, 1922 – October 23, 1963
Service recordJohn Clifton Bonzo, of Cedar City, Utah, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 23, 1963, in South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 32
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- April 3, 1922
- Home of record
- Cedar City, Utah (Iron County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 23, 1963
- Age
- 41
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1963. In October 1963, 24 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 32
- DEAN AMICK WADSWORTHCaptain · October 8, 1963
- DONALD CHARLES JOHANSENFirst Lieutenant · October 20, 1963
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
From Cedar City
- DAVID JOHN RICHTSTEIGMajor · December 8, 1965
- MARION C ROBBPrivate First Class · September 11, 1969
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.