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ARNOLD OLAF NAKKERUD
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
July 1, 1945 – July 31, 1967
Service recordArnold Olaf Nakkerud, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 31, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 56
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
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 189 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 1, 1945
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 31, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date July 31, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “189 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 56
- LEROY ONEALStaff Sergeant · July 31, 1967
- RONALD LYLE PACKARDCaptain · July 31, 1967
- RAYMOND ALLAN PETERSENPrivate First Class · July 31, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT POGGEMEYERFirst Lieutenant · July 31, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DONALD WAYNE HARTSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 55
- GLEN EMERY SHROPSHIREWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 24E, Line 57
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
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.