Lt. Col. Bonnett's full name at birth was Isaac Donald Van Nimon Bonnett, as confirmed by his Ohio birth record. He was born at Clinton, Wayne Co., OH. He died in the mountains of North Luzon, Philippine Islands, while on active duty with the U.S. Army. He served in both WWI and WWII. His wife was Frances Marie McKinney (1894-1974), whom he married in March 1925 at Marion Co., IN.
Lt. Col. Bonnett commanded a unit assigned to defend the beaches of the Lingayen Gulf of North Luzon against the Japanese invasion on 10 December 1941. When his Philippine Army troops were overrun on the beaches within a few days, he retreated back up to Baguio. From there he and his Philippine Army troops retreated east over the Cordillera Central mountains in an effort to rejoin other USAFFE forces retreating to Bataan, where the U.S. forces were to make their last stand.
From "General Wainwright's Story: The Account of Four Years of Humiliating Defeat, Surrender, and Captivity" [pub 1946]:
Page 42: "My right flank was in such peril that I immediately ordered a general withdrawal to D5,the Bamban line, on the night of December 30-31 [1941]. That night Bonnett and about 1000 troops of the 12th and 13th Infantry regiments, trapped up the Kennon Road [Baguio] two weeks before, rejoined us and were placed with the 11th Division along the D5 line."
Page 94: "Colonel Bonnett, who escaped from his trap near Baguio early in the campaign, only to be captured at the fall of Bataan, was killed at O'Donnell when a Jap soldier cracked his skull with a heavy stick or club. He received no proper treatment before his death."
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Married Francis Marie McKinney December 3, 1925 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Marie was the fifth daughter of Frank McKinney (1856-1894) and Minerva Jane Wood (1859 -1944) both of Loogootee, Indiana. Frank and Minerva are both buried at St. John's Cemetery, Loogootee, Indiana.
Lt. Col. Bonnett commanded a unit assigned to defend the beaches of the Lingayen Gulf of North Luzon against the Japanese invasion on 10 December 1941. When his Philippine Army troops were overrun on the beaches within a few days, he retreated back up to Baguio. From there he and his Philippine Army troops retreated east over the Cordillera Central mountains in an effort to rejoin other USAFFE forces retreating to Bataan, where the U.S. forces were to make their last stand.
From "General Wainwright's Story: The Account of Four Years of Humiliating Defeat, Surrender, and Captivity" [pub 1946]:
Page 42: "My right flank was in such peril that I immediately ordered a general withdrawal to D5,the Bamban line, on the night of December 30-31 [1941]. That night Bonnett and about 1000 troops of the 12th and 13th Infantry regiments, trapped up the Kennon Road [Baguio] two weeks before, rejoined us and were placed with the 11th Division along the D5 line."
Page 94: "Colonel Bonnett, who escaped from his trap near Baguio early in the campaign, only to be captured at the fall of Bataan, was killed at O'Donnell when a Jap soldier cracked his skull with a heavy stick or club. He received no proper treatment before his death."
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Married Francis Marie McKinney December 3, 1925 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Marie was the fifth daughter of Frank McKinney (1856-1894) and Minerva Jane Wood (1859 -1944) both of Loogootee, Indiana. Frank and Minerva are both buried at St. John's Cemetery, Loogootee, Indiana.
Lt. Col. Bonnett's full name at birth was Isaac Donald Van Nimon Bonnett, as confirmed by his Ohio birth record. He was born at Clinton, Wayne Co., OH. He died in the mountains of North Luzon, Philippine Islands, while on active duty with the U.S. Army. He served in both WWI and WWII. His wife was Frances Marie McKinney (1894-1974), whom he married in March 1925 at Marion Co., IN.
Lt. Col. Bonnett commanded a unit assigned to defend the beaches of the Lingayen Gulf of North Luzon against the Japanese invasion on 10 December 1941. When his Philippine Army troops were overrun on the beaches within a few days, he retreated back up to Baguio. From there he and his Philippine Army troops retreated east over the Cordillera Central mountains in an effort to rejoin other USAFFE forces retreating to Bataan, where the U.S. forces were to make their last stand.
From "General Wainwright's Story: The Account of Four Years of Humiliating Defeat, Surrender, and Captivity" [pub 1946]:
Page 42: "My right flank was in such peril that I immediately ordered a general withdrawal to D5,the Bamban line, on the night of December 30-31 [1941]. That night Bonnett and about 1000 troops of the 12th and 13th Infantry regiments, trapped up the Kennon Road [Baguio] two weeks before, rejoined us and were placed with the 11th Division along the D5 line."
Page 94: "Colonel Bonnett, who escaped from his trap near Baguio early in the campaign, only to be captured at the fall of Bataan, was killed at O'Donnell when a Jap soldier cracked his skull with a heavy stick or club. He received no proper treatment before his death."
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Married Francis Marie McKinney December 3, 1925 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Marie was the fifth daughter of Frank McKinney (1856-1894) and Minerva Jane Wood (1859 -1944) both of Loogootee, Indiana. Frank and Minerva are both buried at St. John's Cemetery, Loogootee, Indiana.
Lt. Col. Bonnett commanded a unit assigned to defend the beaches of the Lingayen Gulf of North Luzon against the Japanese invasion on 10 December 1941. When his Philippine Army troops were overrun on the beaches within a few days, he retreated back up to Baguio. From there he and his Philippine Army troops retreated east over the Cordillera Central mountains in an effort to rejoin other USAFFE forces retreating to Bataan, where the U.S. forces were to make their last stand.
From "General Wainwright's Story: The Account of Four Years of Humiliating Defeat, Surrender, and Captivity" [pub 1946]:
Page 42: "My right flank was in such peril that I immediately ordered a general withdrawal to D5,the Bamban line, on the night of December 30-31 [1941]. That night Bonnett and about 1000 troops of the 12th and 13th Infantry regiments, trapped up the Kennon Road [Baguio] two weeks before, rejoined us and were placed with the 11th Division along the D5 line."
Page 94: "Colonel Bonnett, who escaped from his trap near Baguio early in the campaign, only to be captured at the fall of Bataan, was killed at O'Donnell when a Jap soldier cracked his skull with a heavy stick or club. He received no proper treatment before his death."
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Married Francis Marie McKinney December 3, 1925 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Marie was the fifth daughter of Frank McKinney (1856-1894) and Minerva Jane Wood (1859 -1944) both of Loogootee, Indiana. Frank and Minerva are both buried at St. John's Cemetery, Loogootee, Indiana.
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