Name: 2LT George H. Bonnell III
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 10/28/1966 while performing the duty of Pilot.
Died 15 days later on 11/12/1966.
Age at death: 23.5
Date of Birth: 05/22/1943
Home City: Worthington, OH
Service: regular component of the U.S. Air Force.
Unit: 38 ARRS
Service: U.S. Air Force.
The Wall location: 12E-062
Short Summary: Shot down in Ia Drang Valley. Died 2 weeks later at Clark Air Base.
Aircraft: HH-43 tail number 62-04511
Service number: 80250
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: *
Started Tour: 08/19/1966
"Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - other aircrew
Length of service: 01
Location: Pleiku Province II Corps.
Reason: aircraft lost or crashed
Casualty type: Hostile - died of wounds
married male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: unknown or not reported
Burial information: WALNUT GROVE CEMETERY, WORTHINGTON, OH
This record was last updated on 02/21/1994
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