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KENNETH EDWIN NANCE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
July 1, 1947 – April 12, 1975
Service recordKenneth Edwin Nance, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 12, 1975, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 123
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Still Photographic Specialist (23152)
- Born
- July 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1975
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1975; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1975, 16 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 123
- GARY BEDE SIMKINSLieutenant · April 3, 1973
- EDGAR ROBERT MELTONCaptain · April 10, 1975
- WENDLE L PAYNEMaster Sergeant · April 10, 1975
- JOE CASTROMaster Sergeant · April 12, 1975
- WILLIAM MONROE PARKERTechnical Sergeant · April 21, 1975
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.