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WILLIAM LAWRENCE BONNELL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 27, 1942 – June 11, 1967
Service recordWilliam Lawrence Bonnell, of Haverhill, Massachusetts, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 86
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
- Field Artillery Surveyor (82C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 27, 1942
- Home of record
- Haverhill, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 86
- EMMETT LEE BOOTHGunnery Sergeant · June 11, 1967
- DAVID ALAN BRILEYAPrivate First Class · June 11, 1967
- KERMIT EDWARD BURKEYSpecialist Five · June 11, 1967
- ERASMO CAMARGO CASTILLOCaptain · June 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- FERGUS FRANCIS CONNORS JRCorporal · Panel 21E, Line 87
- JOHN MALHON FRAMBESCorporal · Panel 21E, Line 88
- DARRELL FREDERICK GASKINSStaff Sergeant · Panel 21E, Line 88
- JAMES ROBERT HICKSSergeant · Panel 21E, Line 89
- JOHN CHRISTOPHER LOWESpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 90
- ROBIN PATRICK MILOVICHCorporal · Panel 21E, Line 90
- MANUEL GUALVERTO MONTALVOSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 90
- JOSEPH L PARKSCorporal · Panel 21E, Line 91
From Haverhill
- RALPH BASILIEREPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- ARTHUR PAUL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
- ROBERT PETER SCHENAFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1967
- RICHARD ORIN DEMARISPrivate · January 15, 1967
- FREDERICK GEORGE DEROCHERCorporal · December 12, 1968
- MICHAEL JAMES GAMBINOPrivate First Class · September 22, 1970
- WILLIAM JOSEPH CAHILLWarrant Officer 1 · October 18, 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.