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Personal info

Full name
BONNETT, William Leland
Date of birth
3 July 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Summit, Union County, New Jersey
Hometown
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York City, New York

Military service

Service number
O-1177294
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Liaison Pilot
Unit
325th Field Artillery Battalion,
84th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 January 1945
Place of death
Beho, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 13 62

Immediate family

Members
Leland B. Bonnett (father)
Irene E. (White) Bonnett (mother)
Irene E. Bonnett (sister)
Robert N. Bonnett (brother)
Julia (Fairman) Bonnett (wife)

More information

1st Lt William L. Bonnett graduated from the Polytechnic Preparatory Country Day School and from Amherst College in 1942.

He was married to Julia Fairman in April 1943.

He enlisted in July 1942 in Brooklyn, New York and was selected for officers training and was commissioned in the Field Artillery at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. After receiving flying training, he was attached to the 84th Infantry Division as a liaison pilot and was promoted to first lieutenant. He was sent overseas in September 1944.

He died in a plane crash.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Allan Howerton, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com, Jan Holland

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com, Jan Holland, www.newspapers.com - The Brooklyn Daily Eagle 29 April 1943