Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army
Service # 20707742
133rd Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division
Entered the Service from: Minnesota
Died: 26-Jan-44
Buried at: Plot G Row 2 Grave 59
Sicily-Rome American Cemetery
Nettuno, Italy
Awards: Purple Heart
taken from American Battle Monuments Commission
http://www.abmc.gov/search/detailwwnew.php on 1 Nov 2012.
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Below information from various articles from the "Hutchinson Leader" collected in the military collection at MCHS paraphrased
Kenneth went to rural school and had four siblings
Madeline (later Mrs Steve McCormick)
Nettie
Edna
Marvin (later a fighting Seabea in WW II)
He joined Co B "Red Bull" of the National Guard in 1940 just two months before it was mobilized for overseas.
His parents, M/M Eugene Bonniwell, had been notified by the State department their son was missing in action. Over a year later, they received a letter from the Company Chaplain stating in part,
"S/Sgt Bonniwell was with his Company in an attack on a hill in Southern Italy. The Company was caught in a heavy mortar barrage from enemy guns and was forced to withdraw. When the men of the company were assembled a check was made, and it was found that S/Sgt. Bonniwell was missing. Accordingly, a report to that effect was forwarded to you by the War Department. Later investigation revealed that your son, Kenneth, had lost his life. Kenneth is buried in a military cemetery in Southern Italy. A Protestant Chaplain performed the rites at his grave."
Service # 20707742
133rd Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division
Entered the Service from: Minnesota
Died: 26-Jan-44
Buried at: Plot G Row 2 Grave 59
Sicily-Rome American Cemetery
Nettuno, Italy
Awards: Purple Heart
taken from American Battle Monuments Commission
http://www.abmc.gov/search/detailwwnew.php on 1 Nov 2012.
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Below information from various articles from the "Hutchinson Leader" collected in the military collection at MCHS paraphrased
Kenneth went to rural school and had four siblings
Madeline (later Mrs Steve McCormick)
Nettie
Edna
Marvin (later a fighting Seabea in WW II)
He joined Co B "Red Bull" of the National Guard in 1940 just two months before it was mobilized for overseas.
His parents, M/M Eugene Bonniwell, had been notified by the State department their son was missing in action. Over a year later, they received a letter from the Company Chaplain stating in part,
"S/Sgt Bonniwell was with his Company in an attack on a hill in Southern Italy. The Company was caught in a heavy mortar barrage from enemy guns and was forced to withdraw. When the men of the company were assembled a check was made, and it was found that S/Sgt. Bonniwell was missing. Accordingly, a report to that effect was forwarded to you by the War Department. Later investigation revealed that your son, Kenneth, had lost his life. Kenneth is buried in a military cemetery in Southern Italy. A Protestant Chaplain performed the rites at his grave."
Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army
Service # 20707742
133rd Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division
Entered the Service from: Minnesota
Died: 26-Jan-44
Buried at: Plot G Row 2 Grave 59
Sicily-Rome American Cemetery
Nettuno, Italy
Awards: Purple Heart
taken from American Battle Monuments Commission
http://www.abmc.gov/search/detailwwnew.php on 1 Nov 2012.
-----
Below information from various articles from the "Hutchinson Leader" collected in the military collection at MCHS paraphrased
Kenneth went to rural school and had four siblings
Madeline (later Mrs Steve McCormick)
Nettie
Edna
Marvin (later a fighting Seabea in WW II)
He joined Co B "Red Bull" of the National Guard in 1940 just two months before it was mobilized for overseas.
His parents, M/M Eugene Bonniwell, had been notified by the State department their son was missing in action. Over a year later, they received a letter from the Company Chaplain stating in part,
"S/Sgt Bonniwell was with his Company in an attack on a hill in Southern Italy. The Company was caught in a heavy mortar barrage from enemy guns and was forced to withdraw. When the men of the company were assembled a check was made, and it was found that S/Sgt. Bonniwell was missing. Accordingly, a report to that effect was forwarded to you by the War Department. Later investigation revealed that your son, Kenneth, had lost his life. Kenneth is buried in a military cemetery in Southern Italy. A Protestant Chaplain performed the rites at his grave."
Service # 20707742
133rd Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division
Entered the Service from: Minnesota
Died: 26-Jan-44
Buried at: Plot G Row 2 Grave 59
Sicily-Rome American Cemetery
Nettuno, Italy
Awards: Purple Heart
taken from American Battle Monuments Commission
http://www.abmc.gov/search/detailwwnew.php on 1 Nov 2012.
-----
Below information from various articles from the "Hutchinson Leader" collected in the military collection at MCHS paraphrased
Kenneth went to rural school and had four siblings
Madeline (later Mrs Steve McCormick)
Nettie
Edna
Marvin (later a fighting Seabea in WW II)
He joined Co B "Red Bull" of the National Guard in 1940 just two months before it was mobilized for overseas.
His parents, M/M Eugene Bonniwell, had been notified by the State department their son was missing in action. Over a year later, they received a letter from the Company Chaplain stating in part,
"S/Sgt Bonniwell was with his Company in an attack on a hill in Southern Italy. The Company was caught in a heavy mortar barrage from enemy guns and was forced to withdraw. When the men of the company were assembled a check was made, and it was found that S/Sgt. Bonniwell was missing. Accordingly, a report to that effect was forwarded to you by the War Department. Later investigation revealed that your son, Kenneth, had lost his life. Kenneth is buried in a military cemetery in Southern Italy. A Protestant Chaplain performed the rites at his grave."
Gravesite Details
To visit S/Sgt Bonniwell's final resting place, see FindAGrave memorial 56306702 in Italy.
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