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ELMER MASON NANCE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 11, 1943 – May 16, 1968
Service recordElmer Mason Nance, of Moneta, Virginia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 16, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 11, 1943
- Home of record
- Moneta, Virginia (Bedford (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1968; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 61E, Line 15
- WILLIAM DAVID MCCLAINSergeant · May 16, 1968
- ERNEST C MCCRIMMON JRPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- EDWARD LEWIS NIXSpecialist Four · May 16, 1968
- CLIFTON OLIVERSpecialist Four · May 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DARRELL JAMES DEPRIESTSpecialist Four · Panel 61E, Line 8
- JEROME JOHN PEDICONEPrivate First Class · Panel 61E, Line 16
From Moneta
- JOHN SAMUELS MYERSStaff Sergeant · July 10, 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.