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MICHAEL DAVID NISSENBAUM
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 31, 1949 – December 14, 1967
Service recordMichael David Nissenbaum, of Toledo, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 14, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 93
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 31, 1949
- Home of record
- Toledo, Ohio (Lucas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 14, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date December 14, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 93
- RONNY KAY KINDREDSpecialist Four · December 14, 1967
- JAMES LEE MILLERFirst Lieutenant · December 14, 1967
- MICHAEL ALEXANDER NEDERLKSpecialist Four · December 14, 1967
- DONALD CARL NELSONStaff Sergeant · December 14, 1967
From Toledo
- THOMAS FREDERICK GORTONCaptain · December 6, 1963
- BARRY NEWTON HAMBLETONPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT TAFT HANSON JRLieutenant Commander · February 3, 1966
- CARLOS DENNIS JELKSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- LAMAR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS W MALEWSKISergeant · March 9, 1966
- MICHAEL OWEN GATWOODPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS LANGLOISSpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
- BYRON NELSON LUDWIGPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIE JAMES TUCKERPrivate First Class · August 20, 1966
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.