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CHARLES ALBERT NOLAN JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 21, 1947 – September 13, 1968
Service recordCharles Albert Nolan JR, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 13, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 52
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1968; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 52
- MANUEL GALVAN ORTIZSpecialist Four · September 13, 1968
- ANTHONY PASQUALE PATRICCASpecialist Four · September 13, 1968
- ERNEST DELBERT PEINASpecialist Four · September 13, 1968
- DONALD EUGENE POWLESSergeant · September 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ALAN GERMEK JRSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 47
- DWAYNE HELTONSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 48
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.