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JAMES CHRISTIAN NAU
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 22, 1946 – August 27, 1968
Service recordJames Christian Nau, of Madison, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 27, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 43
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Madison, Ohio (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 43
- ROBERT PATRICK MCCORMICKStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1968
- ADOLFO VALENZUELA MORENOSergeant · August 27, 1968
- BRUCE CAMERON PALMERWarrant Officer 1 · August 27, 1968
- HAROLD LECURNE ZUG JRSergeant · August 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL FLOYD MORGANCorporal · Panel 46W, Line 46
From Madison
- RICHARD ALAN HAMBLINPrivate First Class · September 21, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN MOORELance Corporal · January 30, 1969
- ROGER LEE PHILLIPSSpecialist Four · March 20, 1969
- BERNARD LEROY SWIGERStaff Sergeant · December 11, 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.