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KENNETH WAYNE BONESTROO
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 23, 1951 – February 6, 1971
Service recordKenneth Wayne Bonestroo, of Hull, Iowa, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 80
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- May 23, 1951
- Home of record
- Hull, Iowa (Sioux County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1971; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 80
- CARL MITCHELL WOODWarrant Officer 1 · February 5, 1971
- LARRY ALBERT WOODBURNPrivate First Class · February 5, 1971
- RICHARD ALAN AARONCaptain · February 6, 1971
- DAVID LEE ALEXANDERCaptain · February 6, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ALAN AARONCaptain · Panel 5W, Line 80
- DAVID LEE ALEXANDERCaptain · Panel 5W, Line 80
- AMBERS ANDREW HAMILTONSpecialist Five · Panel 5W, Line 81
- ROBERT PAUL JACQUESSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 81
- MICHAEL JAMES KERLCaptain · Panel 5W, Line 81
- CARROLL RAY MILLSCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 81
- ROBERT JAMES ROGERSSpecialist Five · Panel 5W, Line 82
- CURTIS LELAND WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 82
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.