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JOSEPH BONNER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 4, 1947 – May 19, 1968
Service recordJoseph Bonner, of Inkster, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 19, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 63E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63E · Line 5
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 557 ENG CO 168 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- December 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Inkster, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1968; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 63E, Line 5
- EDWARD ALAN BIESPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- JOSEPH A BODNARFirst Lieutenant · May 19, 1968
- GEORGE BOTESPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- HARRY WALKER BRAUN JRPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
From Inkster
- RICHARD EDWIN WILSONLance Corporal · December 27, 1965
- JAMES MCMURRAY MCLEANCorporal · December 21, 1967
- RICHARD ALAN DUDEKLance Corporal · October 7, 1968
- LUTHER JAMES LACKLANDPrivate First Class · June 17, 1969
- HOWARD JOSEPH MANERPetty Officer First Class · June 18, 1969
- PAUL DAVIS JONESPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
- RONNIE JOSEPH PETRESergeant · September 2, 1969
- JOSEPH ANTHONY SERVANTEZSergeant · September 17, 1969
- ARVELL BERNARD HOLSTONSergeant · March 20, 1970
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.