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LEN EVERETT NIXON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 6, 1949 – April 1, 1970
Service recordLen Everett Nixon, of Wayne, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 1, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 72
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Wayne, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 72
- ROGER JAMES MCINERNY JRPrivate First Class · April 1, 1970
- JAMES M MCMILLAN JRFirst Lieutenant · April 1, 1970
- THOMAS JOSEPH MURPHYSpecialist Four · April 1, 1970
- GEORGE FRANCIS PATTERSONSpecialist Four · April 1, 1970
From Wayne
- STEVE ORRIS IIIPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD W VINCENTSpecialist Four · December 9, 1965
- BRUNO LEO MARTINPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- CALVIN CARL MORGANSpecialist Four · February 26, 1967
- RONALD WALTER SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- PETER BODO LEHMANNLance Corporal · June 15, 1967
- EDWARD JAMES BOVACorporal · February 6, 1968
- ALFREDO GUZZOCorporal · June 29, 1968
- GLENN JESSE FORD IIIFirst Lieutenant · January 7, 1969
- FRANK LEPTRONESpecialist Four · January 29, 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.