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GEORGE HARRISON BONNELL III
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
May 22, 1943 – November 12, 1966
Service recordGeorge Harrison Bonnell III, of Worthington, Ohio, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 12, 1966, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 62
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- May 22, 1943
- Home of record
- Worthington, Ohio (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1966; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 62
- KENT PALMER FURPHYSergeant · November 12, 1966
- JOHN HENRY GALLAGHERMajor · November 12, 1966
- EDUARDO GUZMAN-LUGOStaff Sergeant · November 12, 1966
- LARRY WILLIAM HOLTZSpecialist Five · November 12, 1966
From Worthington
- WILLIAM JOHN HRINKOLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- CHARLES JEFFERY FREELANDPrivate First Class · May 10, 1969
- WILLIAM HOWARD CONDIT JRMajor · June 23, 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.