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NICHOLAS GABRIEL SAUNDERS
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
July 3, 1948 – May 18, 1970
Service recordNicholas Gabriel Saunders, of Glendora, California, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Glendora, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1970; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 62
- MICHAEL HEINRICHCorporal · May 18, 1970
- CARWAIN L HERRINGTONSergeant · May 18, 1970
- HARRY JAMES STONESergeant · May 18, 1970
- ROBERT DANIEL UNRUESpecialist Four · May 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT KENNETH COLEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10W, Line 60
- JOHN EDWARD DARLING JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10W, Line 61
- CARLTON COE GRAYSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 61
- HARRY JAMES STONESergeant · Panel 10W, Line 62
From Glendora
- HAROLD LEE TALLEYPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- FREDERICK R WILLARD JRPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- DONALD LOUIS CUMMINGS JRSergeant · December 7, 1967
- LARRY MICHAEL SMITHPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- RONALD JAMES LEAKE JRSpecialist Four · January 7, 1969
- STEVEN ROBERT ROWLESSpecialist Four · January 16, 1969
- ANDREW MICHAEL KUEBELLance Corporal · April 11, 1969
- CHARLES LEWIS LIPTAKPrivate First Class · April 12, 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.