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THOMAS S BONVENTRE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 14, 1945 – July 4, 1969
Service recordThomas S Bonventre, of Elmont, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 4, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 58
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Elmont, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1969; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 58
- RODNEY DAVID WILSONPrivate First Class · July 3, 1969
- GLENN ROGER WORKMANPrivate First Class · July 3, 1969
- JOHN RAYMOND DRISCOLL IIISergeant · July 4, 1969
- BEN GOODMAN DUGANPetty Officer Second Class · July 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TIMOTHY SHAWN MICHAELWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 21W, Line 61
- DARRELL EUGENE MCGEESpecialist Five · Panel 21W, Line 62
- MICHAEL DENNIS NOONANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 21W, Line 62
From Elmont
- CHARLES FRED BIVETTOPrivate First Class · April 1, 1967
- RICHARD DOMENIC NICOLINIPrivate First Class · April 1, 1968
- PETER JOHN LOVANPrivate First Class · August 2, 1968
- BARRY RALPH BAUSCHSergeant · May 12, 1969
- THOMAS WILLIAM MORIARTYPrivate First Class · May 31, 1970
- GERALD MICHAEL VETRANOStaff Sergeant · July 28, 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.