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GORDON LAVERN NAGEL
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
April 8, 1948 – October 5, 1969
Service recordGordon Lavern Nagel, of Waubeka, Wisconsin, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 5, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 42
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Born
- April 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Waubeka, Wisconsin (Ozaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 42
- CHARLES WALTER MALONEMajor · October 5, 1969
- MICHAEL EUGENE MCDANIELCorporal · October 5, 1969
- BILLY LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 5, 1969
- ELVIS EARL MULLENCorporal · October 5, 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.