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DELMORE BYRON NERVEZA
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 12, 1942 – December 6, 1965
Service recordDelmore Byron Nerveza, of Hilo, Hawaii, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on December 6, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 135 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 135
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 12, 1942
- Home of record
- Hilo, Hawaii (Hawaii County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1965
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 3E, Line 135
- DANIEL ALBERT DICKINSONSpecialist Four · December 6, 1965
- HERBERT ALLEN HILFIKERPetty Officer Third Class · December 6, 1965
- DAYMON DONALD HORNStaff Sergeant · December 6, 1965
- WILLIAM MICHAEL MEGLIO JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1965
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL ALBERT DICKINSONSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 135
From Hilo
- CHARLES MAHELONA IOPACorporal · September 10, 1965
- KAORU HONDASpecialist Five · September 3, 1967
- FRED KAWAILANI MAS HATADASpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- STEVEN ROSS WOLTERPetty Officer Third Class · March 31, 1968
- KENYU SHIMABUKUROGunnery Sergeant · August 22, 1968
- RODNEY TAMOTSU FUKUNAGACorporal · April 9, 1969
- LARRY GENE LEOPOLDINOSpecialist Four · April 25, 1969
- MICHAEL SEIJI NAKASHIMASpecialist Four · May 11, 1969
- ERROL WAYNE PERREIRAPrivate First Class · May 22, 1969
- ALBERTO MILAR JRSergeant · September 7, 1969
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.