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ROBERT JOHN BONNICI
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 27, 1948 – October 14, 1968
Service recordRobert John Bonnici, of Dearborn, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 14, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 61
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
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- December 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Dearborn, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 14, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 14, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 61
- MICHAEL JOHN MASTERSONLieutenant Colonel · October 13, 1968
- JOHN PETER PELLEGRINOSergeant · October 13, 1968
- RICHARD JOHN PRICEPrivate First Class · October 13, 1968
- AMAND RICHARD CARL SAINTPrivate First Class · October 13, 1968
From Dearborn
- DENNIS CHARLES STANCROFFLance Corporal · December 24, 1965
- DAVID LEON SMITHLance Corporal · February 13, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM TERWILLIGERPrivate First Class · April 24, 1966
- CHARLES ROBERT TRESCOTTPetty Officer Third Class · May 3, 1966
- EARL SMITHPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- JOHN FLOYD COCHRANEFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1966
- WILBERT GENE PENNELLSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- RONALD C SMITHSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES MCKENNAPrivate · March 11, 1967
- RAYMOND JOHN BOROWSKISergeant · May 20, 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.