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KEVIN EARL BONJOUR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 28, 1948 – August 26, 1970
Service recordKevin Earl Bonjour, of Paramount, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 26, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 8
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Paramount, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 8
- STUART LEE BARNETTSpecialist Four · August 26, 1970
- DENNIS GORDON BATESELSpecialist Four · August 26, 1970
- THEODORE FRANK BEDRAPrivate First Class · August 26, 1970
- PAUL EDWARD BRIDGETTCorporal · August 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- REX THOMAS ALLENSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 7
From Paramount
- HUGH G SKIPPERSergeant · December 27, 1966
- CHRIS STEVEN EVANSPrivate First Class · July 11, 1967
- GARY LEIGH NORDQUISTSergeant · January 24, 1968
- MELVIN LEE MARTZPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- JAMES WENDELL HOLBROOKPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
- RANDALL MICHAEL WAUGHCorporal · July 5, 1968
- DALE ARTHUR MORROWSergeant · September 16, 1968
- ROBERT ELEE JACKSONPrivate First Class · November 12, 1968
- GARY WAYNE HULSESpecialist Four · November 21, 1968
- RICHARD WESLEY STITTPrivate First Class · March 18, 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.