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Casualty Info
Home Town Madison Township, PA
Last Address East Brady, PA
Buried at sea from the USS Bugara (SS-331)
Casualty Date Feb 22, 1945
Cause Non Hostile- Died Other Causes
Reason Suicide
Location Pacific Ocean
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Rimersburg Cemetery - Rimersburg, Pennsylvania
Wall/Plot Coordinates (memorial marker)
Military Service Number 2 504 851
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Additional Information
Last Known Activity:
Records report that TM1 Bonnett was a crewmember aboard USS Bugara (SS-331), a newly constructed submarine, commissioned in November 1944, that sailed from Pearl Harbor on February 21, 1945, for its first War Patrol bound for the FloresSea near Java. Navy records further report that the following day, February 22, 1945, Bonnett died from injuries and was buried at sea. According to the muster rolls dated the day of his death, TM1 Bonnett died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Comments/Citation:
The information contained in this profile was compiled from various internet sources.
Description Organized in September 1939 as a response to the war in Europe, was ordered to track and report the movements of any warlike operations of belligerents in the waters of the Western Hemisphere
