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GEORGE ALFRED NASH JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 19, 1948 – September 6, 1967
Service recordGeorge Alfred Nash JR, of Valparaiso, Indiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 6, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 14
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cook (3371)
- Born
- January 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Valparaiso, Indiana (Porter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1967; 47 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 14
- ROBERT STEVEN MCBETHLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- SAMUEL RUSSELL MCGEE IIIPetty Officer Third Class · September 6, 1967
- LOREN LEE MORFORDSpecialist Four · September 6, 1967
- SAMUEL ARTHUR OATES JRPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
From Valparaiso
- THOMAS R MANNINGSpecialist Four · February 10, 1967
- NICK JIM GRCICHSergeant First Class · March 20, 1967
- JAMES MAURICE MCGARVEYLieutenant Colonel · April 17, 1967
- PHILLIP ROBERT VENEKAMPSergeant · June 18, 1967
- JOEL KENTON BROWNCorporal · February 18, 1968
- EDWARD ROGER CLAYPrivate First Class · June 10, 1968
- GLENN EDWARD MILESSergeant · October 21, 1968
- HOWARD KENNETH COOPERPrivate First Class · November 11, 1968
- JAMES DEE BLASKOSpecialist Four · May 1, 1969
- STEPHEN GREGORY MAUSENSpecialist Four · June 25, 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.