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GEORGE HERBERT NESTLERODE
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
March 27, 1928 – March 3, 1968
Service recordGeorge Herbert Nestlerode, of Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1968, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 53
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. Army
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ranger, Supply & Evac Staff Officer (G4,a4,s4) (84010)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- March 27, 1928
- Home of record
- Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania (Lycoming County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1968
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 53
- GARY ALVIN LARSENPetty Officer Third Class · March 3, 1968
- DONALD WAYNE LATTMANPrivate First Class · March 3, 1968
- JIMMY FRANCIS LEHMANSpecialist Four · March 3, 1968
- PETER MITCHELLSpecialist Four · March 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANK LESTER BROWNPrivate · Panel 42E, Line 47
- KENNETH ALLEN BUYSSergeant · Panel 42E, Line 47
- HAROLD HOLMESPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 52
From Jersey Shore
- HERBERT A RIPKAWarrant Officer 1 · May 27, 1967
- BERNARD LAVERNE GAINESPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- BARRY LYNN FRAZIERSergeant · May 1, 1968
- CHARLES LE ROY MERRILL JRSpecialist Four · April 15, 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.