Emmett P. Bonner, 57, Retired Rear Admiral
Retired Rear Adm. Emmett Peyton Bonner, 57, who fought in World War II and the Korean and Vietnam conflicts, died Friday of cancer at the Naval Medical Center in Bethesda.
Born in Macon, Ga., Adm. Bonner graduated from the Naval Academy in Annapolis in 1939. He saw action in World War II, including two amphibious landings in the Philippines. He was gunnery officer aboard the U.S.S. St. Louis during combat at Okinawa and minesweeping at the mouth of the Yangtze River.
During the Korean war, he commanded the destroyer U.S.S. Cogswell in combat and during the landing of occupation troops in the demilitarized zone. In the Vietnam war, he commanded Navy operations providing logistics support in South Vietnam.
Adm. Bonner also took part in the development of shipboard guided missiles. He retired from the Navy in 1972, and worked as an engineer for the Raytheon Service Co. in Hyattsville.
He is survived by his wife, the former Elizabeth Healy, of the home in Kenwood, Md., three sons, Emmett III, Mark and Gregory, all of the Washington area, a daughter, Vance, of New York City, and a brother, Edward, of Macon.
Retired Rear Adm. Emmett Peyton Bonner, 57, who fought in World War II and the Korean and Vietnam conflicts, died Friday of cancer at the Naval Medical Center in Bethesda.
Born in Macon, Ga., Adm. Bonner graduated from the Naval Academy in Annapolis in 1939. He saw action in World War II, including two amphibious landings in the Philippines. He was gunnery officer aboard the U.S.S. St. Louis during combat at Okinawa and minesweeping at the mouth of the Yangtze River.
During the Korean war, he commanded the destroyer U.S.S. Cogswell in combat and during the landing of occupation troops in the demilitarized zone. In the Vietnam war, he commanded Navy operations providing logistics support in South Vietnam.
Adm. Bonner also took part in the development of shipboard guided missiles. He retired from the Navy in 1972, and worked as an engineer for the Raytheon Service Co. in Hyattsville.
He is survived by his wife, the former Elizabeth Healy, of the home in Kenwood, Md., three sons, Emmett III, Mark and Gregory, all of the Washington area, a daughter, Vance, of New York City, and a brother, Edward, of Macon.
Emmett P. Bonner, 57, Retired Rear Admiral
Retired Rear Adm. Emmett Peyton Bonner, 57, who fought in World War II and the Korean and Vietnam conflicts, died Friday of cancer at the Naval Medical Center in Bethesda.
Born in Macon, Ga., Adm. Bonner graduated from the Naval Academy in Annapolis in 1939. He saw action in World War II, including two amphibious landings in the Philippines. He was gunnery officer aboard the U.S.S. St. Louis during combat at Okinawa and minesweeping at the mouth of the Yangtze River.
During the Korean war, he commanded the destroyer U.S.S. Cogswell in combat and during the landing of occupation troops in the demilitarized zone. In the Vietnam war, he commanded Navy operations providing logistics support in South Vietnam.
Adm. Bonner also took part in the development of shipboard guided missiles. He retired from the Navy in 1972, and worked as an engineer for the Raytheon Service Co. in Hyattsville.
He is survived by his wife, the former Elizabeth Healy, of the home in Kenwood, Md., three sons, Emmett III, Mark and Gregory, all of the Washington area, a daughter, Vance, of New York City, and a brother, Edward, of Macon.
Retired Rear Adm. Emmett Peyton Bonner, 57, who fought in World War II and the Korean and Vietnam conflicts, died Friday of cancer at the Naval Medical Center in Bethesda.
Born in Macon, Ga., Adm. Bonner graduated from the Naval Academy in Annapolis in 1939. He saw action in World War II, including two amphibious landings in the Philippines. He was gunnery officer aboard the U.S.S. St. Louis during combat at Okinawa and minesweeping at the mouth of the Yangtze River.
During the Korean war, he commanded the destroyer U.S.S. Cogswell in combat and during the landing of occupation troops in the demilitarized zone. In the Vietnam war, he commanded Navy operations providing logistics support in South Vietnam.
Adm. Bonner also took part in the development of shipboard guided missiles. He retired from the Navy in 1972, and worked as an engineer for the Raytheon Service Co. in Hyattsville.
He is survived by his wife, the former Elizabeth Healy, of the home in Kenwood, Md., three sons, Emmett III, Mark and Gregory, all of the Washington area, a daughter, Vance, of New York City, and a brother, Edward, of Macon.
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