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WILLIAM ROSS BOND
Brigadier General · U.S. Army
December 4, 1918 – April 1, 1970
Service recordWilliam Ross Bond, of Relay, Maryland, served as a Brigadier General in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1970, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 51. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 65
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
- Brigadier General (BG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Officer (0002)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC BDE 199 LIB
- Born
- December 4, 1918
- Home of record
- Relay, Maryland (Baltimore County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1970
- Age
- 51
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1970; five of them were lost in Binh Thuy Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 65
- ROCCO JERRY DEMERCURIOPrivate First Class · July 13, 1969
- DONALD HUGH BLOOMERStaff Sergeant · April 1, 1970
- THOMAS RAY BOWENPrivate First Class · April 1, 1970
- CLEAVELAND FLOYD BRIDGMANFirst Lieutenant · April 1, 1970
- JAMES COOK CARLINCorporal · April 1, 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.