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THEODORE R BONHAM JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 25, 1947 – May 5, 1968
Service recordTheodore R Bonham JR, of Wilmington, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 3
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Wilmington, North Carolina (New Hanover County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 55E, Line 3
- ANTHONY RODNEY BELLAMYMajor · May 5, 1968
- GARY LEE BOUNDSPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- JAMES EDGAR BOWMANStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1968
- THOMAS GEORGE BROCKERCorporal · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FREDERICK ALLEN BARCLAYSpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 42
- ELROY EUGENE BEIERSergeant · Panel 55E, Line 2
- WILLIAM DENNI BREIGHTMYERPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 2
- CHARLES KENNETH DEEREPrivate First Class · Panel 55E, Line 8
- FOSTER HAMILTONSpecialist Four · Panel 55E, Line 15
- KENNETH PORTER MORROWSergeant · Panel 55E, Line 24
- DONALD M PERDUESergeant · Panel 55E, Line 26
From Wilmington
- MCARTHUR JOHNSONSergeant · July 7, 1965
- DONALD RAY PATRICKSpecialist Four · November 14, 1965
- JOSEPH JAMESPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- WILBUR RONALD BROWNMajor · February 3, 1966
- AARON BURR JONES JRPrivate · January 13, 1967
- HILDRA MCCOY JRStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1967
- GEORGE D MOTTESergeant First Class · August 20, 1967
- FREDERICK MOLEE LOWE JRPrivate First Class · October 21, 1967
- WILLIAM OTHELLO MCKOYPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- RICHARD ARNOLD RUSSPrivate First Class · December 4, 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.