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CALVIN CURTIS NASH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 13, 1953 – April 9, 1972
Service recordCalvin Curtis Nash, of Gary, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 9, 1972, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 134 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 134
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- May 13, 1953
- Home of record
- Gary, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1972
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1972; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In April 1972, 106 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Định Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 134
- JAMES MICHAEL BARRYSergeant · April 9, 1972
- SCOTT DOUGLAS KETCHIECaptain · April 9, 1972
- DANIEL KENT KUSHNERSergeant · April 9, 1972
- JERRY DEE LAWSSpecialist Four · April 9, 1972
From Gary
- JOHN ROBERT ACKERMANPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- TOM WILLIE BROWNSergeant · December 4, 1965
- JACK ELSWORTH LOCKEPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1966
- JAMES LEE EMMARTPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RICHARD WAYNE MCGEECorporal · July 1, 1966
- VICTOR MORALESPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- JOHN PETER SKORO JRFirst Lieutenant · September 13, 1966
- JOHN GREEN DICKERSON IIIPrivate · October 5, 1966
- ANDREW JAMES ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 2, 1966
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.