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ELWOOD FRANKLIN NEAD JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 10, 1946 – September 3, 1966
Service recordElwood Franklin Nead JR, of Pima, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Transportation Supply And Parts Specialist (76H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Pima, Arizona (Graham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 3, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 3, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 66
- ALBERT COLLINSPrivate First Class · September 3, 1966
- ARTHUR ANTHONY FREDA JRSpecialist Four · September 3, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS OCONNORPrivate First Class · September 3, 1966
- DOUGLAS EDWARD RAUSCHENBERGPrivate First Class · September 3, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR ANTHONY FREDA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 66
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.