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JOSEPH ELWIN NIMIROSKI
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 26, 1944 – December 18, 1965
Service recordJoseph Elwin Nimiroski, of Attleboro, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 18, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 25
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- August 26, 1944
- Home of record
- Attleboro, Massachusetts (Bristol County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 18, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 18, 1965; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 25
- WILLIAM DION MCKILLOPPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
- RICHARD W PETERSONPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
- RONALD WILLIAM PORTERCorporal · December 18, 1965
- GEORGE WARREN RICEWarrant Officer 1 · December 18, 1965
From Attleboro
- RICHARD CUNNINGHAM GLIDDENCaptain · February 13, 1967
- GARY FRANCIS FLYNNLance Corporal · September 13, 1967
- FRANCIS MURTAUGH DRISCOLLFirst Lieutenant · February 29, 1968
- JOSEPH ERNEST FALARDEAUSpecialist Four · August 23, 1968
- LAURENCE OLIVER WOODSONLance Corporal · September 10, 1968
- HUBERT DANIEL SUTTONSpecialist Five · October 5, 1969
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.