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NATE FRANCIS LEE
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 31, 1938 – May 17, 1968
Service recordNate Francis Lee, of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 17, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 62E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62E · Line 7
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 31, 1938
- Home of record
- Hazleton, Pennsylvania (Luzerne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1968; 32 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 62E, Line 7
- WILLIAM F JULIUS IIISergeant · May 17, 1968
- EDDIE KELLY JRCorporal · May 17, 1968
- MICHAEL DARRELL KUHSELance Corporal · May 17, 1968
- GERALD THOMAS LEBLANCPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
- EDWARD LEON WILMERSSergeant · May 17, 1968
From Hazleton
- RAYMOND NICHOLAS PLESHPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- MICHAEL PAUL BROWNSpecialist Five · November 26, 1967
- PETER SIMMONS REINHARTCaptain · March 2, 1968
- EDWARD JOHN STANKEVICHPrivate First Class · December 27, 1968
- RONALD JAMES CHAPMANSergeant · February 6, 1970
- DONALD GARTH FISHERColonel · April 22, 1970
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.