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WILLIAM EDWARD BONNER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 13, 1947 – December 27, 1969
Service recordWilliam Edward Bonner, of Augusta, Georgia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 27, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 97
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- September 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Augusta, Georgia (Richmond County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 27, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 27, 1969; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 97
- DONALD WILLIAM ATWELL JRCorporal · December 27, 1969
- ERIC ALAN BOSCHPrivate · December 27, 1969
- GLENN ALFRED CAILSpecialist Four · December 27, 1969
- MARK CHARLES CORBETTPrivate First Class · December 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES WILLIAM LOVE JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 15W, Line 99
From Augusta
- WILLIAM JEFFERSON LINDSEYPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- TOMMIE GARRETTCorporal · December 18, 1965
- PAUL EUGENE SWIMPlatoon Sergeant · May 8, 1966
- ROGER DORSEYPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- PHILLIP MALCOLM PIERCE JRPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- PHILLIP JACOB MOOGSecond Lieutenant · August 10, 1966
- HOWARD D ULMER JRFirst Lieutenant · October 3, 1966
- WILLIAM FORSYTH SPERRYSpecialist Four · November 13, 1966
- ROBERT RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- GERALD WAYNE INGLETTPrivate First Class · June 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.