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JOHN EDWARD BOHNSACK
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
November 28, 1929 – February 15, 1969
Service recordJohn Edward Bohnsack, of Evansville, Indiana, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 36
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
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Comptroller (2800)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- November 28, 1929
- Home of record
- Evansville, Indiana (Vanderburgh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1969
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1969; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 36
- EDWARD FRANCIS BARRYSergeant · February 15, 1969
- BENJAMIN FOREST BOLDINGCorporal · February 15, 1969
- CHARLES BOYDSpecialist Four · February 15, 1969
- EDWARD ERLIN COX JRSpecialist Four · February 15, 1969
From Evansville
- DAVID EUGENE GILLCorporal · September 2, 1965
- GERALD THOMAS JENKINSSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- WILLIAM L ARMSTRONGSpecialist Four · February 6, 1966
- GENE EDMOND DAVISChief Master Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- CHARLES DOYLE OGLESBYSpecialist Four · April 11, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL KOCHPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
- DAVID EMERSON HALLLance Corporal · August 16, 1966
- LEWIS ELI BONNIESergeant First Class · November 8, 1966
- MICHAEL EARL DENTPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- CHARLES ALBERT MCDANIELSPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
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.