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THOMAS EDWARD BONDERER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 5, 1944 – May 1, 1968
Service recordThomas Edward Bonderer, of Chillicothe, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 27
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
- March 5, 1944
- Home of record
- Chillicothe, Missouri (Livingston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 27
- MICHAEL LYNN ALFORDSpecialist Four · May 1, 1968
- KENNETH CARL BAXTERLance Corporal · May 1, 1968
- JAMES LARRY BOSHEERSLance Corporal · May 1, 1968
- PATRICK JAMES HARRINGTONSecond Lieutenant · May 1, 1968
From Chillicothe
- JOSEPH VAUGHN MURRAYLieutenant (junior grade) · February 18, 1966
- DAVID WAYNE UTLEYPrivate First Class · February 22, 1966
- ROBERT DEWAYNE MCCOWNPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- KENNETH GENE EWINGSpecialist Four · November 22, 1969
- GARY HAROLD GARNERPrivate First Class · January 6, 1970
- GERRY DON COULTSpecialist Four · July 22, 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.