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JOSEPH PAUL NOLAN JR
Captain · U.S. Army
May 20, 1950 – May 16, 1971
Service recordJoseph Paul Nolan JR, of Oak Park, Illinois, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He was lost on May 16, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 27
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 20, 1950
- Home of record
- Oak Park, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- May 16, 1971
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1971; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 27
- JAMES LATHONSergeant · May 17, 1972
- CYRIL HYMAN MADISONSpecialist Four · May 17, 1972
- DAVID LEE WAGNERTechnical Sergeant · May 17, 1972
- JONATHAN BRUCE BEDNAREKCaptain · May 18, 1972
Same unit, same day
- DAVID RYAN WINKLECorporal · Panel 3W, Line 37
- THOMAS KUKOWSKIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 3W, Line 38
- ELLIOTT CROOKSpecialist Five · Panel 1W, Line 26
- CRAIG LEE FARLOWChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 1W, Line 26
- TIMOTHY JON JACOBSENSergeant · Panel 1W, Line 26
From Oak Park
- NEIL A KROGERSecond Lieutenant · November 15, 1965
- WILLIAM GRANT DAILEY JRLance Corporal · April 29, 1967
- HAROLD SEAN TURSKEYCorporal · August 7, 1967
- RANDALL BRUCE ANDERSONPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- PAUL JOSEPH BONETTICorporal · June 13, 1968
- ROBERT DENNIS MARTINPrivate First Class · January 7, 1969
- DONALD NORMAN CARTLANDStaff Sergeant · September 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.