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JOHN BENEDICT NAHAN III
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 20, 1945 – August 3, 1967
Service recordJohn Benedict Nahan III, of Allegan, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 3, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 73
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 3 RECON BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- June 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Allegan, Michigan (Allegan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 3, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 3, 1967; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 73
- DANNY LEE BOLINPrivate First Class · August 3, 1967
- ALAN EUGENE HENDRICKSONCaptain · August 3, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM MACGLASHANTechnical Sergeant · August 3, 1967
- JAMES PATRICK MCGRATHHospitalman · August 3, 1967
From Allegan
- KENNETH MONROE HYETTSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- RODGER DEAN CLAWSONSpecialist Four · July 19, 1966
- LYLE ERNEST ALLEN JRCorporal · April 29, 1968
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.