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JOHN TRUMAN NALL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 5, 1948 – July 16, 1969
Service recordJohn Truman Nall, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 16, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 8
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 716 MP BN 89 MP GRP 18 MP BDE
- Born
- November 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 16, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date July 16, 1969; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 8
- WILLIAM FRANK OLSENSpecialist Four · July 16, 1969
- JACK LEON PRICESecond Lieutenant · July 16, 1969
- PEDRO RODRIGUEZ-RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · July 16, 1969
- WILLIAM JESS SIMSPrivate · July 16, 1969
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 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.