James Lawrence Bonneville

Era: Vietnam

Military Branch: Army

James Lawrence Bonneville served in the Vietnam War.

He joined the U.S. Army in September 1971. He was sent to Heidelberg, German, and was assigned to U.S. Medical Command Europe. He was also stationed at the 56th General Hospital, Bad Krusnak.

Mr. Bonneville was discharged on September 19, 1973.

He was awarded the National Defense Service Medal and the Expert Marksmanship badge for the M-16 rifle.

James Bonneville was born in Two Harbors, Minnesota, in 1952 to Rolland and Gena Bonneville. He graduated from Duluth Denfeld High School in 1971.

Source: Veterans’ Memorial Hall veteran history form; veteran’s account (below)

“No story—just did my job. I was a medical corpsman stationed in Germany.”