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MICHAEL DAVID GUNNELS
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
December 15, 1946 – September 26, 1969
Service recordMichael David Gunnels, of Andalusia, Alabama, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 26, 1969, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 9
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
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Andalusia, Alabama (Covington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1969; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 9
- ROBERT LEROY CROSBYLieutenant (junior grade) · September 26, 1969
- NORMAN KERMIT FORKCorporal · September 26, 1969
- RONALD MARCEL GOULETCaptain · September 26, 1969
- GREGORY JOHN HUGHESPrivate First Class · September 26, 1969
From Andalusia
- TRAVIS ROBERT SUTTONSpecialist Four · December 24, 1967
- HORACE GILBERT GIDDENS JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 2, 1968
- MICHAEL WAYNE JOHNSCorporal · February 6, 1968
- DEWEY RAY OWENSPrivate First Class · March 16, 1968
- HENRY BEALL SMITH JRLance Corporal · August 31, 1968
- RALPH GERALD DUNNSergeant · February 16, 1969
- JAMES KENNETH SUTTONSergeant First Class · February 25, 1969
- CECIL CLAYTON SCHOFIELDSergeant First Class · May 23, 1970
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.