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JOHN SIDNEY BONNER JR
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
September 1, 1921 – May 31, 1970
Service recordJohn Sidney Bonner JR, of Mcallen, Texas, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 31, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 48. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 123
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 834 AIR DIV
- Born
- September 1, 1921
- Home of record
- Mcallen, Texas (Hidalgo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1970
- Age
- 48
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1970; nine of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “834 AIR DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 123
- BENTON FRANCIS ASBURYMajor · May 31, 1970
- JOHN CHARLES BURRISChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 31, 1970
- ROBERT KARL COOLEYPrivate First Class · May 31, 1970
- JOSEPH PETER DASTOLICorporal · May 31, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BENTON FRANCIS ASBURYMajor · Panel 10W, Line 123
- HAROLD JOSEPH SHEALieutenant Colonel · Panel 10W, Line 127
- DURWYN LEE WOLFStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 129
From Mcallen
- VIRGIL KING CAMERONLieutenant Commander · July 29, 1966
- JULIAN MARTINEZ ALVAREZPrivate First Class · January 20, 1967
- ARTURO RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · February 14, 1967
- JOSE BENIGNO TIJERINAPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- SAMUEL ALMENDARIZMaster Sergeant · July 12, 1967
- JUAN VALENZUELACorporal · August 21, 1967
- CARLOS V TREVINOStaff Sergeant · March 12, 1968
- JACK ALLEN WHETSEL JRFirst Lieutenant · April 30, 1968
- GEORGE RAMIRO SOSAPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD CAMPBELLColonel · January 29, 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.