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MAX EDWARD NIMPHIE JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 24, 1947 – May 5, 1968
Service recordMax Edward Nimphie JR, of Fenton, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 25
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Fenton, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 25
- DUANE MICHAEL NORMANDINCorporal · May 5, 1968
- LYN DOUGLAS OBERDIERCaptain · May 5, 1968
- MICHAEL STEVEN OSTEENSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- THOMAS ROBERT OUILLETTEPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RENE GEORGES BAUMANNSecond Lieutenant · Panel 55E, Line 1
- THOMAS GEORGE BROCKERCorporal · Panel 55E, Line 3
- JAMES NATHAN CARROLL IIICorporal · Panel 55E, Line 5
- GARY ARNALDO GUASPSecond Lieutenant · Panel 55E, Line 14
- ERNEST PAYNESpecialist Five · Panel 55E, Line 26
- AFTON M WATTSCaptain · Panel 55E, Line 34
From Fenton
- TERRY WAYNE BUCKLERPrivate First Class · June 18, 1966
- EDWARD JOHN CONWAYPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
- LEE FRANCIS JONESPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
- ARNOLD LEE ROY MULHOLLANDPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN MILKSSergeant · November 23, 1968
- DONALD MAURICE STOTTSSpecialist Four · March 28, 1971
- RAYMOND LEE GOODCHILDSpecialist Four · October 31, 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.