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DAVID EUGENE NANCE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 28, 1948 – July 11, 1966
Service recordDavid Eugene Nance, of Marysville, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 121 AVN CO 13 AVN BN 12 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Marysville, California (Yuba County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 11, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “121 AVN CO 13 AVN BN 12 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 17
- JACKIE DALLAS JONESWarrant Officer 1 · July 11, 1966
- ROBERT BERNARD MANNPrivate First Class · July 11, 1966
- RAMIRO MANRIQUE JRSpecialist Four · July 11, 1966
- ANGELO JOSEPH SFERRAZZASpecialist Four · July 11, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES QUINEL AYDLETTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 9E, Line 16
- ANGELO JOSEPH SFERRAZZASpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 17
From Marysville
- EDWARD LEONARD GREENESergeant · November 20, 1967
- MICHAEL MILLNERSergeant First Class · November 29, 1967
- RENNY DEAN SCHOELPrivate First Class · December 26, 1967
- DAVID JOSEPH BOLTONSecond Lieutenant · June 16, 1968
- STEVEN OWEN SCHNELLERPrivate First Class · October 7, 1968
- MARIO MONTES LAGUNASpecialist Four · January 26, 1969
- THOMAS WAYNE CUMMINSSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- JOHN THOMAS BAKERCorporal · October 13, 1969
- GRIFFITH ALFRED JONESSergeant Major · May 12, 1970
- MICHAEL STEPHEN VRABLICKFirst Lieutenant · October 1, 1970
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.