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SAMUEL HAROLD BONIFANT
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 14, 1933 – May 4, 1968
Service recordSamuel Harold Bonifant, of Dennison, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 30
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 14, 1933
- Home of record
- Dennison, Ohio (Tuscarawas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1968
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 30
- FRED PATRICK STAFFORDPrivate First Class · May 3, 1968
- ORAL RAY TERRYStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1968
- RONALD CARLIS ANDERSONPrivate First Class · May 4, 1968
- STERLING CLARK BANKSSpecialist Four · May 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT WOODROW DAMERONPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 32
- WILLIAM WAYNE JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 54E, Line 35
- GERALD DEAN KLEINSergeant · Panel 54E, Line 35
- RICHARD THOMAS MILLSSpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 37
- ROBERT GLEN PRICESecond Lieutenant · Panel 54E, Line 39
- ANTHONY WILFRED TORRESPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 54E, Line 41
From Dennison
- RAYMOND FRANCIS PARKSStaff Sergeant · July 14, 1962
- KENNETH LEE FOUTZStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1970
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.