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JAMES MICHAEL NESSELROTTE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 10, 1950 – June 19, 1969
Service recordJames Michael Nesselrotte, of Painesville, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 92
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- June 10, 1950
- Home of record
- Painesville, Ohio (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 92
- WILLIAM JOSEPH KUHNSSpecialist Four · June 19, 1969
- DANIEL GERARD OCONNELLPrivate First Class · June 19, 1969
- JERROLD S PEARLSTEINWarrant Officer 1 · June 19, 1969
- BERNARD LAWRENCE PIERCEFirst Lieutenant · June 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD WILSON COLEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22W, Line 86
- CALVIN GENE HUNTSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 89
- BERNARD LAWRENCE PIERCEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22W, Line 92
- VICTOR THOMAS SHAFFERSpecialist Five · Panel 22W, Line 93
From Painesville
- RICHARD LEE HIDOSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
- BUDD EDWARD HOODSpecialist Four · February 28, 1967
- ROLAND RALPH JOHNCorporal · March 1, 1967
- HARRY D HUSTON JRCorporal · September 24, 1967
- DAVID HENRY MERRIAMSpecialist Four · November 17, 1968
- EUGENE PIZZINO IISergeant · March 16, 1969
- CHARLES ALAN HOODPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- ROOSEVELT JUNIOR BRAGGSPrivate · June 5, 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.