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DAVID NIEVES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 4, 1949 – December 5, 1969
Service recordDavid Nieves, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 5, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 28
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 299 ENG BN 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- May 4, 1949
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 5, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date December 5, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C CO 299 ENG BN 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 28
- STEVEN DOUGLAS LEVESQUELance Corporal · December 5, 1969
- JOHN EUGENE MARTINCorporal · December 5, 1969
- EUGENIO MOLINA-RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · December 5, 1969
- MARK RONALD MUEHECorporal · December 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EUGENIO MOLINA-RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 28
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.