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NATHAN LARRY LEE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 3, 1950 – May 11, 1971
Service recordNathan Larry Lee, of Riegelwood, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 33
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- May 3, 1950
- Home of record
- Riegelwood, North Carolina (Columbus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 40 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 3W, Line 33
- JAMES LEWIS SHEFFPrivate First Class · May 11, 1971
- JAMES RICHARD COOPERSpecialist Four · May 12, 1971
- GUY VICTOR FEARNSergeant · May 12, 1971
- EDELMIRO LEONEL GARCIA SRSpecialist Five · May 12, 1971
- ALLAN LOMBARD DUNNING JREnsign · October 19, 1973
Same unit, same day
- GARY DOYLE CHRISSSergeant · Panel 3W, Line 31
- CHRIS B CORDOVASpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 31
From Riegelwood
- LAREST CLENNON SUTTONSergeant · November 22, 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.