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Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault.
Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault. Photo: SP4 Johnnie Jackson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Frank Joseph Nadany JR.

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FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JR

Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army

February 22, 1919 – October 31, 1965

Service record

Frank Joseph Nadany JR, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 46. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 3E · Line 9

Position of Panel 3E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Sergeant First Class (SFC)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Hawk Missile System Mechanic (23R)
Unit (as recorded)
92 FIELD FORCE
Born
February 22, 1919
Home of record
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)

Casualty

Date of death
October 31, 1965
Age
46
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Illness
Circumstance
Heart Related

Context · from the records

What was happening

12 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 3E, Line 9

From Pittsburgh

All 256 names from Pittsburgh →

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.