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DAVID ROBERTSON NASH
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 16, 1946 – May 13, 1970
Service recordDavid Robertson Nash, of Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 35
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- September 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Mountain Lakes, New Jersey (Morris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1970; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 35
- THOMAS W MATTHEWS JRFirst Lieutenant · May 13, 1970
- ALLEN ARTHUR MUNSONSpecialist Four · May 13, 1970
- WALTER MARK NOVAKSergeant · May 13, 1970
- WILLIAM JAMES OLSONStaff Sergeant · May 13, 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.