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EVERETT PORTER RUNNELLS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 4, 1946 – August 27, 1966
Service recordEverett Porter Runnells, of Concord, New Hampshire, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 51
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 501 AVN BN 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Concord, New Hampshire (Merrimack County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A CO 501 AVN BN 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 51
- RAYMOND JOSEPH PONCURAKSpecialist Four · August 27, 1966
- STEPHEN JOSEPH STEMACSpecialist Four · August 27, 1966
- ALEXANDER THARPSpecialist Four · August 27, 1966
- LEO KEITH THORNTONSergeant · August 27, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE BANKSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10E, Line 50
- RANDALL DUMON HOWELLStaff Sergeant · Panel 10E, Line 50
- WILLIAM DEWITT PERKINS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 10E, Line 50
From Concord
- ERNEST GEORGE PAULPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- WALTER ALECK MURZINLance Corporal · October 2, 1966
- RONALD D ROACHSergeant · February 12, 1968
- THOMAS JOHN SALTMARSHPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- GEORGE PHILIP DESMARAISPrivate First Class · March 28, 1968
- WAYNE THOMAS PROVENCHERPrivate First Class · May 10, 1968
- WILLIAM R DOUILLETTE JRPrivate First Class · January 29, 1969
- DOUGLAS EARL STOVERWarrant Officer 1 · March 26, 1969
- GARY CHESTER TOWLECorporal · May 24, 1969
- RONALD LEON OLSONSpecialist Four · November 24, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.