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NATHANIEL DABON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 9, 1941 – October 15, 1967
Service recordNathaniel Dabon, of Harvey, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 15, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 9, 1941
- Home of record
- Harvey, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 15, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 15, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 81 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 8
- RALPH PAUL COSTANZOSpecialist Four · October 15, 1967
- PATRICK LAWRENCE DOYLELance Corporal · October 15, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES EDWARDSLance Corporal · October 15, 1967
- GAYLON G GIPSONSergeant First Class · October 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WAYNE A PODLESNIKPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 7
- ARCHIE JAMES MAPLE JRSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 9
- LARRY TURNER MCBURNETTPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 10
- JAMES FRANCIS MORROWStaff Sergeant · Panel 28E, Line 10
- EUGENE ALLEN PARISHPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 10
- BURNELL SIMMONSStaff Sergeant · Panel 28E, Line 11
From Harvey
- JAMES RAY GRIFFEYPrivate · January 9, 1966
- STANLEY GEORGE YURGAITISPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
- JACK RICHARD SUTTONCorporal · January 14, 1967
- JIMMY HORACE GUINNSpecialist Four · April 3, 1967
- WALTER LEONARD WARDCorporal · June 7, 1967
- CHARLES MICHAEL ROACHCorporal · June 17, 1967
- THEODORE LEO ZAWISZASpecialist Four · March 18, 1968
- ODIS LEON GOSNELLSergeant · March 21, 1968
- JACK ALBERT PLUCINSKIFirst Lieutenant · September 26, 1968
- STEVEN VICTOR MERSHONSpecialist Four · December 3, 1968
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.