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WILLIAM ASHLEY GUNNELLS
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
January 14, 1948 – February 25, 1972
Service recordWilliam Ashley Gunnells, of Charleston, South Carolina, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1972, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 110
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)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Charleston, South Carolina (Charleston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1972
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1972. In February 1972, 46 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 110
- MARK JOSEPH FITZGERALDFirst Lieutenant · February 25, 1972
- ROBERT GENE GALBREATHSpecialist Four · February 25, 1972
- MARVIN LOUIS HALLSpecialist Four · February 25, 1972
- DOUGLAS ALLEN HOWARDSpecialist Four · February 25, 1972
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ERROL CLARKESpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 109
- MARK JOSEPH FITZGERALDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 2W, Line 110
- ROBERT GENE GALBREATHSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 110
- MARVIN LOUIS HALLSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 110
- DAVID NEAL JOHNSTONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 2W, Line 111
- ROMAN LEE JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 111
From Charleston
- CLARENCE LARRY MOORERCaptain · December 12, 1963
- THEODORE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · October 2, 1965
- CHARLES GALE DUSINGChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- EARL CLAYTON GRAHAMSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- HAROLD T EDMONDSON JRCorporal · January 30, 1966
- JAMES BRADLEYSergeant · February 5, 1966
- BURTON ALEXANDER BLANTONCaptain · March 30, 1966
- WALTER H ANDERSONPrivate First Class · April 16, 1966
- RANDOLPH CLINTON SCOTTPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- HAROLD MACK JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
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.