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Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault.
Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault. Photo: SP4 Johnnie Jackson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Carl David Nall.

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CARL DAVID NALL

Corporal · U.S. Army

November 2, 1950 – March 28, 1969

Service record

Carl David Nall, of New Carlisle, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 28, 1969, in Ba Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 28W · Line 73

Position of Panel 28W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Corporal (CPL)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Grader Operator (62K)
Unit (as recorded)
517 ENG CO 34 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
Born
November 2, 1950
Home of record
New Carlisle, Ohio (Clark County)

Casualty

Date of death
March 28, 1969
Age
18
Province
Ba Xugen
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

62 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1969; he was the only one lost in Ba Xugen Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 28W, Line 73

From New Carlisle

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.