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JOHNNY B NESBITT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 24, 1942 – August 25, 1968
Service recordJohnny B Nesbitt, of Danville, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 25, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 19
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 24, 1942
- Home of record
- Danville, Georgia (Twiggs County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1968; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 19
- BRUCE JEFFREY NELSONPrivate First Class · August 25, 1968
- STEVE OWEN NUSSBAUMERSergeant · August 25, 1968
- MARVIN ROBERT PEARCESpecialist Four · August 25, 1968
- JOSE MANUEL PENAFirst Lieutenant · August 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CARL LEE BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 11
- ROBERT ONEAL CATOPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 12
- JAMES EUGENE HALLCorporal · Panel 46W, Line 15
- GARRY MICHAEL MCCULLOUGHPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 18
- ROBERT PETRACCOPrivate First Class · Panel 46W, Line 20
- DANIEL DIAS REZENDECorporal · Panel 46W, Line 21
From Danville
- EMMETT FELTON POPE JRSergeant · January 19, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD RICKERSONPrivate First Class · May 31, 1967
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.