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MICHAEL FRANCIS NOLAN JR
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
June 22, 1948 – January 17, 1969
Service recordMichael Francis Nolan JR, of Schuylerville, New York, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 17, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 28
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Electrician (CE)
- Born
- June 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Schuylerville, New York (Saratoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 28
- RONALD FORREST NEALSpecialist Four · January 17, 1969
- GARY NEAL OLSOWSKILance Corporal · January 17, 1969
- ROBERT WILLIAM ONEILPetty Officer Second Class · January 17, 1969
- BRUCE MARTIN REITERSpecialist Four · January 17, 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.