Bonner, William Nelson
Army Private 1st class

William Nelson Bonner from Sault Saint Marie, Michigan, Chippewa county.

Parents: Nellie Bonner

Service era: Korea

Date of death: Thursday, November 2, 1950
Death details: On April 22, 2014, the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC, now DPAA) identified the remains of Corporal William Nelson Bonner, missing from the Korean War. Corporal Bonner entered the U.S. Army from Michigan and served with the Medical Company, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. On November 2, 1950, he was serving as a litter bearer near the battalion aid station near Unsan, North Korea, when the area was overrun by Chinese Communist Forces. He was captured by the enemy during this action and died from malnutrition in early 1951 at POW Camp 5, near Pyoktong. His remains were returned to the U.S. in 1954; however, they could not be identified at that time, and CPL Bonner was interred as an unknown at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Hawaii. In 2013, analysts were able to use modern technology to successfully identify CPL Bonner’s remains.

Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Lansing State Journal (1950)