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Contact Info
Home Town Shinston
Last Address Fayetteville, NC
Date of Passing Apr 05, 2012
Location of Interment Special Forces Association Memorial Grounds - Fayetteville, North Carolina
FAYETTEVILLE - Retired Army Master Sgt. Jack Lee Bonner, 77, of Fayetteville, passed away Thursday, April 5, 2012. Master Sgt. Bonner was born Jan. 17, 1935, in Shinston, W.Va., the son of late Anna Mae and Freeman Bonner. He enlisted in the Army in 1952 and retired in 1974. He served in Okinawa, Germany and Vietnam. He was awarded two Bronze Stars and several commendations. He served as the Treasurer of the National Board of Officers of the Special Forces Association for 16 years, as the Assistant Treasurer for two years and as Treasurer for Chapter 1-18 for 8 years. He was the owner and operator of Bonner and Associates for 28 years. He was preceded in death by his three sisters, Freida Gurney, Betty Bonner and Margie Bonner, all of Shinston; two brothers, Ray and Charles Bonner; and a grandson, J.T. Naylor. He is survived by his loving and devoted wife of 50 years, Phyllis A. Bonner; and four children, Helena Bonner and husband Alexander Gonzalez of Fuquay-Varina, Barbara Danhouser and husband Kirk of Madison, Wis., Jack Bonner and wife Marcella of Salemburg, and Woodrow Bonner and wife Kristi of Burlington; and nine grandchildren, Justin Bonner, Alexis Bonner-Gonzalez, Hillary Bonner-Gonzalez, Logan Bonner, Kailyn Danhouser, Morgan Bonner, Griffin Bonner and Jackcyn Bonner A memorial service will be held with full military honors at 2 p.m. today, Sunday, April 8, 2012, at the Special Forces Association, 4990 Doc Bennett Road, Fayetteville, NC 28306. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Special Forces Scholarship Fund, 910-485-6268.
Vietnam War/Counteroffensive Phase VII Campaign (1970-71)
From Month/Year
July / 1970
To Month/Year
June / 1971
Description This campaign was from 1 Jul 1970 to 30 June 1971. Fighting continued in Cambodia during early February before and after South Vietnam began its U.S.-aided drive in Laos, Lam Son 719, the most significant operation during this campaign.
Lam Son 719 was conducted out of I Corps by Vietnamese troops with US fire and air support. Their object was to cut the Ho Chi Minh Trail and to destroy enemy bases at Techepone, Laos. The operation consisted of four phases. In Phases I, called Operation DEWEY CANYON II, the 1st Brigade, US 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized) occupied the Khe Sanh area and cleared Route No. 9 up to the Laotian border. In the meantime, the US 101st Airborne Division conducted diversionary operations in the A Shau Valley. The US 45th Engineer Group had the mission of repairing Route No. 9 up to the Laotian border. This lasted from 30 January to 7 February 1971. During Phase II US forces continued to provide fire support, helilift, and tactical and strategic air support for ARVN units. This phase was 8 February to March 1971. Phase III ran from March to 16 March 1971; Phase IV was the withdrawal phase.
Faced with mounting losses, Lt. Gen. Hoang Xuan Lam, the commander of the invasion forces, decided to cut short the operation and ordered a withdrawal.
Lam Son 719, though it was less than a signal success, forestalled a Communist offensive in the spring of 1971. Enemy units and replacements enroute south were diverted to the scene of the action.
