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JAMES PATRICK NUGENT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 3, 1951 – December 15, 1969
Service recordJames Patrick Nugent, of Jersey City, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 15, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 59
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mechanical Maintenance Helper (63A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- April 3, 1951
- Home of record
- Jersey City, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 15, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date December 15, 1969; five of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 59
- LARRY DEAN KEELERSpecialist Five · December 15, 1969
- BILLY BOB LEYERLEPrivate First Class · December 15, 1969
- EDWARD LOPEZPrivate First Class · December 15, 1969
- DARYL WAYNE PATRICKSpecialist Four · December 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONALD CHARLES COLLINSPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 58
- FARRISH COMBSCorporal · Panel 15W, Line 58
- DANIEL MILLARD DAWSONSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 58
- JOHN ROCHEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 15W, Line 60
From Jersey City
- ISMAEL JUSON PAREDESSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDREW PLEASANTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ONEAL LEGETTESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS OSHAUGHNESSYPrivate · February 7, 1966
- STANLEY T DEMBOSKIPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- ROBERT JAMES KEENANPrivate First Class · April 26, 1966
- FRANK ELLIS LYONSStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1966
- JESSE CLARENCE FELDERSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
- MICHAEL JAMES BILLERO JRSpecialist Four · August 14, 1966
- FRANCIS WILLIAM MACKPetty Officer Third Class · August 17, 1966
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.