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DAVID EUGENE NASH
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 17, 1946 – June 9, 1968
Service recordDavid Eugene Nash, of National City, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 9, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 12
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- December 17, 1946
- Home of record
- National City, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1968; 32 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 12
- RICHARD LOREN NOWRYCorporal · June 9, 1968
- JOSEPH OLESON JRFirst Lieutenant · June 9, 1968
- RAMON OQUENDO-GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · June 9, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN WENGERPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
From National City
- JACK WILSON CECILSpecialist Four · February 1, 1966
- ALBERT STEVEN HURTADOLance Corporal · September 19, 1966
- CURTIS LAMAR DUCKPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- DONALD RAY OKAMOTOLance Corporal · August 30, 1967
- JAMES D KENDALLSpecialist Four · April 25, 1968
- DAVID LESLIE THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 7, 1968
- HENRY GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · May 10, 1969
- GEORGE DAVID CHUNKOSpecialist Four · September 13, 1969
- JOHN DAVID REVIERFirst Lieutenant · October 21, 1969
- WILLIAM CIP ARIAS JRPrivate First Class · November 27, 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.