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JAMES PETER NARD III
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 19, 1945 – September 18, 1966
Service recordJames Peter Nard III, of Jackson, Mississippi, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 18, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 114
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- September 19, 1945
- Home of record
- Jackson, Mississippi (Hinds County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 114
- JAMES HENRY DUFFETT JRPrivate First Class · September 18, 1966
- TIMOTHY JAMES MCMAHONPetty Officer Third Class · September 18, 1966
- VINCENT FRANCIS MURPHYSpecialist Four · September 18, 1966
- MCARTHUR NICHOLSSpecialist Four · September 18, 1966
From Jackson
- JOHNNY CRAWFORD SANDERSMaster Sergeant · December 25, 1963
- BYRON HUGH CROTWELLStaff Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- ANDREW L HENRYPrivate First Class · January 14, 1966
- JAMES ALBERT WOODCorporal · March 25, 1966
- JOHN DANIEL ROECKLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- RICHARD A WALTMANPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIAM DEWITT PERKINS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 27, 1966
- DONAIL MARTINPetty Officer Third Class · November 28, 1966
- TOMMIE LEE MOONEYPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- DAVID EARL MATTHEWSCorporal · April 19, 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.