The Wall › Panel 57W › Illinois › Paul Joseph Bonetti
PAUL JOSEPH BONETTI
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 23, 1946 – June 13, 1968
Service recordPaul Joseph Bonetti, of Oak Park, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 13, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 6
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Oak Park, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 6
- DAVID WILSONSergeant · June 12, 1968
- DONALD EUGENE YEAROUTCorporal · June 12, 1968
- FRANK AKELEY BARKER JRLieutenant Colonel · June 13, 1968
- DAVID GEORGE BRENNERMajor · June 13, 1968
From Oak Park
- NEIL A KROGERSecond Lieutenant · November 15, 1965
- WILLIAM GRANT DAILEY JRLance Corporal · April 29, 1967
- HAROLD SEAN TURSKEYCorporal · August 7, 1967
- RANDALL BRUCE ANDERSONPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- ROBERT DENNIS MARTINPrivate First Class · January 7, 1969
- DONALD NORMAN CARTLANDStaff Sergeant · September 5, 1969
- JOSEPH PAUL NOLAN JRCaptain · May 16, 1971
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.