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JOHN NISHIMURA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 8, 1946 – December 10, 1967
Service recordJohn Nishimura, of Morgan Hill, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 10, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 70
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- May 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Morgan Hill, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 10, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date December 10, 1967. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 70
- LESTER LEON PELHAMSergeant · December 9, 1967
- GARY WAYNE PETERSONPrivate First Class · December 9, 1967
- LESLIE RAY SLOANSergeant · December 9, 1967
- FELIX DOHALTAHE BEGAYEPrivate First Class · December 10, 1967
- LARRY WAYNE BIRCHCorporal · December 10, 1967
From Morgan Hill
- JAMES MICHAEL DEABREPrivate First Class · October 12, 1967
- RICHARD PEREZPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- ARNOLD LEE LEONARD JRLance Corporal · June 16, 1968
- RICHARD CALUDE GARCIAStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1969
- FREDERICK LEE HOLMESCommander · December 30, 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.