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JOHN EDWARD NORDELL JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 4, 1947 – February 5, 1969
Service recordJohn Edward Nordell JR, of Lodi, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Lodi, California (San Joaquin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1969; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 67
- HARRY TILLMAN NIGGLELieutenant Colonel · February 5, 1969
- THOMAS PATRICK NOONAN JRLance Corporal · February 5, 1969
- ROBERT EUGENE OLSONMajor · February 5, 1969
- CHARLES ROBERT OSTEENStaff Sergeant · February 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EUGENE BOEHMWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 33W, Line 60
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL HARRINGTONSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 63
- GEORGE ERNEST HAYWARDWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 33W, Line 64
From Lodi
- JAMES J LABARBERPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- DENNIS CRAIG WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · March 14, 1967
- WAYNE ROBERT BARTHLance Corporal · April 24, 1967
- JOEL THOMAS WILLISFirst Lieutenant · June 11, 1967
- RICHARD EDWARD HEILSpecialist Four · March 25, 1968
- MARK EDWARD HODELConstructionman · March 31, 1968
- BRENT JOHN BERTSCHSpecialist Five · May 17, 1968
- GARRY LEE KUBLERSpecialist Four · April 18, 1969
- JOHN ELDON LOCKHORST JRCorporal · March 8, 1970
- CURTIS EDWIN STELZERCorporal · June 29, 1970
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.