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JAMES LEO NUFER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 6, 1947 – March 11, 1968
Service recordJames Leo Nufer, of Dodge City, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 19
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Dodge City, Kansas (Ford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Tín Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 19
- GEORGE HERMAN OEHLERPrivate First Class · March 11, 1968
- ERNEST ARTHUR OLDSColonel · March 11, 1968
- JEFFREY LLOYD PECKSpecialist Four · March 11, 1968
- DAVID STANLEY PRICESergeant · March 11, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM REESEAirman First Class · March 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PORTER EARL CALLOWAYStaff Sergeant · Panel 44E, Line 15
- ELDON JOHN KIRKPATRICK JRPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 18
- GEORGE HERMAN OEHLERPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 19
- TONY LARUE TATESpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 22
- JEFFREY ARTHUR TURNERPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 22
- GERALD FRANCIS WERNSDORFERSpecialist Four · Panel 44E, Line 23
From Dodge City
- FRANKIE SANCHEZSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- PHILLIP MASON HINESPetty Officer Third Class · May 19, 1967
- CHARLES LYNN HEMMINGWAYFirst Lieutenant · June 13, 1967
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.