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PAUL EUGENE BONNETTE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 1, 1947 – November 25, 1968
Service recordPaul Eugene Bonnette, of Springfield, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 25, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Springfield, Massachusetts (Hampden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 25, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 55
- MICHAEL DEL BIRDWELLCaptain · November 25, 1968
- KENNETH JOHN BRITTSergeant · November 25, 1968
- JOHN ELMER BRIXSergeant · November 25, 1968
- THOMAS EDWARD BROWNPrivate First Class · November 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL PETER CUSICKSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 56
From Springfield
- WAYNE CARL SIMMONSSpecialist Five · April 1, 1965
- JAMES STEPHEN COCCHIARAPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- WILLIAM HADLEY SCHOLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RALPH GABRIEL ERDELYLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- ROBERT NAZAIRE TETREAULTStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- DONALD CONSTANDEGunnery Sergeant · August 12, 1966
- NORMAN CARL FARRISSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- RALPH EARLE HINESCaptain · February 19, 1967
- WALTER JOSEPH FITZPATRICKSergeant First Class · March 3, 1967
- GUS STOVALL JRPrivate · March 9, 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.