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EDGAR ERWIN NUSCHKE
Captain · U.S. Air Force
May 17, 1922 – January 21, 1967
Service recordEdgar Erwin Nuschke, of Austin, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 21, 1967, in An Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 44. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 64
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- May 17, 1922
- Home of record
- Austin, Pennsylvania (Potter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1967
- Age
- 44
- Province
- An Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1967; he was the only one lost in An Xugen Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 64
- HARRY CURTIS MAHONEY JRMaster Sergeant · January 21, 1967
- ROBERT EDWIN MATSONSpecialist Four · January 21, 1967
- HARRY J MILLERStaff Sergeant · January 21, 1967
- HARDY WINSTON PEEPLESCaptain · January 21, 1967
From Austin
- EDWARD RITSICKPrivate First Class · March 11, 1968
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.