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JAMES DAVID NANSEL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 23, 1948 – July 8, 1968
Service recordJames David Nansel, of Kirkland, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 8, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 44
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Kirkland, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1968; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 44
- JAMES ELDON JORDAN JRPrivate First Class · July 8, 1968
- DONALD CHARLES KYLEPrivate First Class · July 8, 1968
- LOUIE JUNNIE MCFARLANDSpecialist Five · July 8, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD MOORE JRSpecialist Four · July 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD EARL BEARSergeant First Class · Panel 53W, Line 42
- CRAIG JESSE DEVORESergeant · Panel 53W, Line 42
- WILLIAM IRVIN TURNER JRSergeant · Panel 52W, Line 2
From Kirkland
- CLANCY GEORGE DRAKECaptain · December 9, 1965
- DAVID LE ROY ARENSSpecialist Four · June 16, 1967
- GAIL WARD THOMSENPrivate First Class · November 7, 1967
- HARRY ERNEST SMITHPrivate First Class · April 8, 1968
- JAMES ARTHUR CLEVELANDSergeant · July 20, 1968
- ARCHIE HUGH MCDANIEL JRCorporal · July 24, 1969
- JEFFREY LEE HULBERTCorporal · August 21, 1969
- DAVID NELSON HEBERTPrivate First Class · October 25, 1969
- DAVID LINDFORD NELSONCaptain · March 5, 1971
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.