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WILLIAM ROBERT BONNER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 9, 1949 – June 20, 1970
Service recordWilliam Robert Bonner, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 71
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 71
- LARRY ROBERT LADDSpecialist Four · June 19, 1970
- JOHNNY MACK WATSONPrivate First Class · June 19, 1970
- MARK CURTIS BRANTLEYSergeant · June 20, 1970
- ROBERT F COLATRUGLIOWarrant Officer 1 · June 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JERRY GUY GIBERSONSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 72
- ROBERT LEE PORTERSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 74
- BILLY RAY SARGENTSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 75
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.