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JIMMIE FLOYD NABOURS
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
January 8, 1944 – June 30, 1970
Service recordJimmie Floyd Nabours, of Deming, New Mexico, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on June 30, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 106
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 8, 1944
- Home of record
- Deming, New Mexico (Luna County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 106
- STEPHEN LOUIS KLEINSpecialist Four · June 30, 1970
- LESTER EUGENE PARKERPrivate First Class · June 30, 1970
- STEPHEN KEALOHA RAMOSPrivate First Class · June 30, 1970
- ANDREW JOSEPH ROGUS JRPrivate First Class · June 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JUAN COLON-DIAZSergeant First Class · Panel 9W, Line 103
- MERLE ALLEN DENTINOSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 103
- DONNITH HOWARD FLETCHERSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 103
- JOHN LAWRENCE BURGESSSpecialist Five · Panel 9W, Line 104
- LESLIE FORREST DOUGLAS JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 9W, Line 104
- RICHARD DYERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 9W, Line 104
- STEVE LEE INBODENSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 105
- STEPHEN LOUIS KLEINSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 106
- GARRY MONZEL SHANNONSpecialist Five · Panel 9W, Line 107
- MICHAEL ROY WATERSSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 108
From Deming
- STEVE GONZALES DURANHospitalman · August 18, 1965
- JOSEPH FELIX TRUJILLOGunnery Sergeant · September 3, 1966
- KURT BYRON PEARSONCorporal · October 14, 1967
- FRANK SOLIS PORTERCorporal · August 30, 1968
- SAMUEL JOHN NUNNPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
- RICHARD SAENZPrivate First Class · October 6, 1968
- CLOVIS LEE MAYSergeant · May 22, 1969
- VICTOR MUNOZ ROMANSpecialist Four · June 28, 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.