Education
He graduated from the University of Maryland with a bachelor"s degree in political science and history.
He graduated from the University of Maryland with a bachelor"s degree in political science and history.
General Bond also served in World World War II with the Army Rangers and was a prisoner of war. William Ross "Billy" Bond was raised in Maryland and Virginia. He was also a graduate of the Army War College and other senior service schools.
General Bond enlisted in the Army in 1940.
He participated in the Sicilian invasion and led his company in the Salerno landings in September 1943. On January 22, 1944, Bond"s unit landed at Anzio.
In a night attack at Cisterna, Bond was awarded the Silver Star, but was captured by the Germans and was held in a prisoner of war camp in Poland. General Bond began his first tour in Vietnam in 1959 as a part of the United States. Military Assistance Advisory Group.
In 1969 he was awarded the Distinguished Service Meda
On April 1, 1970, Brigadier General Bond was killed by a sniper"s bullet shortly after landing in his command helicopter to oversee an operation 70 miles (110 km) northeast of Saigon. His funeral was held at Arlington National Cemetery, after which he was buried in Sedgwick Pie at the Stockbridge Cemetery in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.