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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of William F Unckrich.

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WILLIAM F UNCKRICH

Captain · U.S. Air Force

September 15, 1943 – October 10, 1969

Service record

William F Unckrich, of Galion, Ohio, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 10, 1969, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 17W · Line 65

Position of Panel 17W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Captain (CAPT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Born
September 15, 1943
Home of record
Galion, Ohio (Crawford County)

Casualty

Date of death
October 10, 1969
Age
26
Province
Kien Giang
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Aircraft Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

27 names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1969; seven of them were lost in Kien Giang Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 17W, Line 65

From Galion

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.