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C GREGORY NUCKLES
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 26, 1942 – November 4, 1967
Service recordC Gregory Nuckles, of Rockport, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 21
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 26, 1942
- Home of record
- Rockport, Texas (Aransas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1967; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 142 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Battle of Đắk Tô was under way. Around Đắk Tô in the Central Highlands (3–23 November 1967), the 4th Infantry Division and the 173rd Airborne Brigade fought North Vietnamese regiments for the hills along the border, ending with the assault on Hill 875 on Thanksgiving Day. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 21
- HARVEY MILFORD MOSHER JRSpecialist Five · November 4, 1967
- BARNES WARLAND ROSE JRMajor · November 4, 1967
- WILLIAM F SCHMEES JRSpecialist Four · November 4, 1967
- LOUIS JOSEPH SEBASTIANPrivate First Class · November 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM F SCHMEES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 21
- SANDERS KEY STROUD IIPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 22
- JOHN VERNON TAYLOR JRCaptain · Panel 29E, Line 22
From Rockport
- HENRY R GARCIAStaff Sergeant · December 10, 1967
- ALFREDO MEDINA JRPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- JOHN VINCENT AKINPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
- MACK HOUSTON WILHELMPetty Officer Third Class · February 19, 1969
- GUADALUPE GALINDO JRPrivate First Class · August 24, 1969
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.