The Wall › Panel 49E › California › James Robert Nash
JAMES ROBERT NASH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 17, 1947 – April 14, 1968
Service recordJames Robert Nash, of Davis, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 14, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 54
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Davis, California (Yolo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1968; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 54
- JOSEPH ANTHONY JANOWICZSpecialist Four · April 14, 1968
- REUBEN CARL MCMACKINS JRCorporal · April 14, 1968
- STANLEY JULUI MICHALOWICZPrivate · April 14, 1968
- JAMES ALLEN PETTITTSpecialist Four · April 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROGER LEE CARPENTERPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 51
- GEORGE ALFRED CHED DILLONPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 52
- GARY HOYT LEARYPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 53
- BENJAMIN EDWIN LENNARD JRSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 53
From Davis
- JAMES PATRICK GALVINSpecialist Five · December 1, 1966
- JOHN LAWRENCE BAROVETTOCaptain · January 7, 1968
- JAMES GRAY ROWE JRSergeant · June 29, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM OKEEFEMajor · June 19, 1969
- BILLY EUGENE MOOREStaff Sergeant · January 21, 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.