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JOSEPH LORAN NUNN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 1, 1948 – April 25, 1970
Service recordJoseph Loran Nunn, of Rochester, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 52
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Rochester, Indiana (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1970; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 52
- ROBERT LIVINGSTON PIERCEWarrant Officer 1 · April 25, 1970
- JOHN ROGER POWERSSergeant · April 25, 1970
- MASON ERWIN RAGLANDPrivate First Class · April 25, 1970
- SCOTTY HENRY RHEAPrivate First Class · April 25, 1970
From Rochester
- JAMES ROBERT UTTERSpecialist Four · April 15, 1967
- MARVIN RAY WHITECorporal · April 29, 1967
- JAMES ARTHUR BALLINGERCorporal · January 31, 1968
- CARL DAVID JOHNSONPrivate First Class · February 11, 1972
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.