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JOHN GORDON NURSE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 5, 1947 – April 10, 1969
Service recordJohn Gordon Nurse, of Gary, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 51
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Gary, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 51
- RICKY DAVID MAUNEYSpecialist Four · April 10, 1969
- STEVEN LEE MCFARLANDPrivate First Class · April 10, 1969
- JOHN LOUIS MORGAN JRCorporal · April 10, 1969
- STANLEY JOHN OTTMARSergeant · April 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JOHN DAUBERTSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 48
- DWIGHT MONTGOMERY DURHAMSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 48
- THOMAS JAMES HUCKABASergeant · Panel 27W, Line 49
- ROBERT ALLAN JINESSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 50
- MICHAEL WAYNE LIZARRAGASergeant · Panel 27W, Line 50
- STANLEY JOHN OTTMARSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 51
- LOEL FLOYD LARGENTSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 52
- EUGENE CONSTANTINO ZAMORAPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 53
From Gary
- JOHN ROBERT ACKERMANPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- TOM WILLIE BROWNSergeant · December 4, 1965
- JACK ELSWORTH LOCKEPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1966
- JAMES LEE EMMARTPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RICHARD WAYNE MCGEECorporal · July 1, 1966
- VICTOR MORALESPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- JOHN PETER SKORO JRFirst Lieutenant · September 13, 1966
- JOHN GREEN DICKERSON IIIPrivate · October 5, 1966
- ANDREW JAMES ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 2, 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.