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JORGE LUIS NIEVES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 3, 1948 – November 16, 1968
Service recordJorge Luis Nieves, of Lawton, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 16, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 75
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Observation/Scout Helicopter Repairer (67V)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Lawton, Oklahoma (Comanche County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 16, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 16, 1968; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 75
- WILLIAM HARRY NOLTEPrivate First Class · November 16, 1968
- GORDON LEE PATTERSONWarrant Officer 1 · November 16, 1968
- LEONDA SARTORPrivate First Class · November 16, 1968
- GEORGE AUSTIN SCHWALBACHSpecialist Four · November 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDDIE WAYNE BROWNWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 39W, Line 74
- ERNEST CRAIG HOMERSergeant · Panel 39W, Line 74
From Lawton
- ARNOLD DEAN KNIFFINMajor · June 1, 1964
- CLYDE DAVID TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · January 5, 1966
- ALBERT C ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM EMMETTSergeant First Class · March 5, 1966
- WILFRED ALCIDE DOIRONPlatoon Sergeant · June 22, 1966
- RUSSELL EUGENE PESEWONITPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- HULSA D WOLFEStaff Sergeant · May 13, 1967
- LAWRENCE RAY LASITERStaff Sergeant · June 19, 1967
- DOUGLAS WAYNE HILLPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- JOHN DAVID MERRIMANSecond Lieutenant · August 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.