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RONALD JOSEPH BONERT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 22, 1946 – June 14, 1967
Service recordRonald Joseph Bonert, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 14, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 100
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 14, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 14, 1967; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 100
- GLENDON ROMAN BARNETTSpecialist Four · June 14, 1967
- JOSEPH R L BLAIRStaff Sergeant · June 14, 1967
- BERRY JOE BRIDGESPrivate First Class · June 14, 1967
- RICHARD GORDON BROWNSpecialist Four · June 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSE ALBINO MONTOYASergeant · Panel 21E, Line 102
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.