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JOHN EDWARD NIERER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 27, 1949 – January 8, 1970
Service recordJohn Edward Nierer, of Slatington, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 8, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 14
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Slatington, Pennsylvania (Lehigh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1970; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 14
- JOSEPH MARK LAUINGERFirst Lieutenant · January 8, 1970
- JAMES LOUIS MCCABE JRSpecialist Four · January 8, 1970
- JAMES CARROLL MITCHELL JRPetty Officer First Class · January 8, 1970
- RONALD ERNEST PICKARTWarrant Officer 1 · January 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE MCDONALD HINESCorporal · Panel 14W, Line 13
- JAMES ROBERT RUTLEDGE JRCorporal · Panel 14W, Line 15
From Slatington
- DONALD GLEN DETRICKSpecialist Five · January 16, 1971
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.