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NATHAN RAY SALES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 14, 1948 – September 22, 1968
Service recordNathan Ray Sales, of Milford, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 22, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 66
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Milford, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 66
- SAMUEL ROSAS-SANZPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
- MERREL GERALD SARVELAPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
- JAMES BERNARD SCOTTSpecialist Four · September 22, 1968
- STEVEN GLEN SHIRKSpecialist Four · September 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DEXTER BELLPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 60
- STEVEN CARL GASSENFirst Lieutenant · Panel 43W, Line 62
- WILLIE RAY LAYPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 64
- JOSEPH MARK MAZZONESpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 64
From Milford
- MILTON JAMES VESCELIUS JRCaptain · September 21, 1967
- THOMAS SIMCOCK HUBBELLCaptain · December 27, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM LUCIERPrivate First Class · October 3, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD RAMSBYSpecialist Five · March 6, 1969
- DENNIS PAUL LINDSEYStaff Sergeant · November 11, 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.