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JOHN DAVID NIX
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
December 15, 1947 – April 25, 1971
Service recordJohn David Nix, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 25, 1971, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 12
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1971; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 12
- JEFFREY CHARLES LEMONLieutenant Colonel · April 25, 1971
- WALTER HARRI SIGAFOOS IIICaptain · April 25, 1971
- CHARLES WILLIAM WARNER JRSpecialist Four · April 25, 1971
- JOHNIE KENNETH WOODARDSpecialist Five · April 25, 1971
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 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.