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NATHAN WASH JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
October 28, 1931 – April 16, 1968
Service recordNathan Wash JR, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 16, 1968, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 28, 1931
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1968
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
74 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1968; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 23
- NORMAN WESLEY TARPLEYSpecialist Four · April 16, 1968
- LEROY TOWNESCorporal · April 16, 1968
- LARRY DEAN WARRENPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES WELLS JRPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 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.