Name: WO1 Charles David Sonnkalb, Jr.
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 08/16/1968 while performing the duty of Pilot.
Age at death: 21.9
Date of Birth: 09/28/1946
Home City: Columbus, OH
Service: AV branch of the reserve component of the U.S. Army.
Unit: C/1/9 CAV 1 CAV
Major organization: 1st Cavalry Division
Flight class: 68-501/68-1
Service: AV branch of the U.S. Army.
The Wall location: 48W-031
Aircraft: OH-6A tail number 67-16105
Service number: W3160285
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: 062B = Helicopter Pilot, Utility and Light Cargo Single Rotor
Primary cause: Hostile Fire
Major attributing cause: aircraft connected not at sea
Compliment cause: unknown
Vehicle involved: helicopter
Position in vehicle: pilot
Started Tour: 05/09/1968
"Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - pilot
Length of service: 01
Location: Quang Tri Province I Corps.
Reason: aircraft lost or crashed
Casualty type: Hostile - killed
single male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Roman Catholic
Burial information: FT LOGAN NATIONAL CEMETERY, DENVER CO
The following information secondary, but may help in explaining this incident.
Category of casualty as defined by the Army: battle dead Category of personnel: active duty Army Military class: warrant officer
This record was last updated on 12/26/2007
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