Cherone Louis Gunn
SMSN, U. S. Navy

Cherone Louis Gunn was born on 14 February 1978.

Military Service

Cherone was a U.S. Navy sailor who was one of the crew members of the destroyer USS Cole (DDG-67). Cherone was one of the seventeen American sailors that were killed; 39 more were injured, in the terrorist attack on the Cole on 12 October 2000 while at port in Yemen.

This event was the deadliest attack against a United States Naval vessel since 1987 and the terrorist organization al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for the attack.

Death and Burial

SMSN Cherone Louis Gunn was killed in a terrorist attack on 12 October 2000. He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, VA, in Section 60, Lot 7733, Map Grid HH 20.