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JAMES PATRICK NAILEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 18, 1945 – March 19, 1967
Service recordJames Patrick Nailen, of Talladega, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 19, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 114
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Talladega, Alabama (Talladega County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 19, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 114
- FRED HENRY PATTERSONSergeant · March 19, 1967
- RUSSELL LEE ROOTSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- JAMES JUNIUS RUFFINSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- FRANKLIN DWIGHT RUISPrivate First Class · March 19, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES R CURRANSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 111
- DONALD EUGENE JONESCorporal · Panel 16E, Line 112
- ALFRED JUDSON FORCE MOODYBrigadier General · Panel 16E, Line 113
From Talladega
- WALTER ANTHONY THACKERSON JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD HEATHSpecialist Four · August 22, 1966
- WILLIAM MARSHALL SHAW JRLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- EDDIE LEE MOTON JRPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- LOUGHTON SMITHMaster Sergeant · July 20, 1967
- EARNEST PAUL HOLMES JRPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
- WILLIE GENE WILSONSergeant · April 9, 1968
- HUGH BERNARD BROWN IIIFirst Lieutenant · July 20, 1968
- LEONARD HUGH HOLMESPrivate First Class · February 3, 1969
- JIMMY GRANT FREEMANSergeant First Class · March 24, 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.