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CHARLES WILLIAM NURISSO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 4, 1951 – August 27, 1970
Service recordCharles William Nurisso, of San Francisco, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 27, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Microwave Systems Repairer (26L)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- June 4, 1951
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 17
- MICHAEL RICHARD KEMPELPetty Officer Second Class · August 27, 1970
- JOHN JAMES LAFLERLance Corporal · August 27, 1970
- DAVID MONTOYAPrivate First Class · August 27, 1970
- RICHARD WAYNE PALCOWSKICorporal · August 27, 1970
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 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.