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JIMMY LEE NATION
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 7, 1947 – August 1, 1968
Service recordJimmy Lee Nation, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 1, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 44
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 44
- STEVEN MORRIS HASTINGSStaff Sergeant · August 1, 1968
- HAROLD LEE MARCUMLance Corporal · August 1, 1968
- LEONARD THOMAS MARLINPrivate First Class · August 1, 1968
- HUBERT ARTHUR MEREDITHSpecialist Four · August 1, 1968
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 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.