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NATHANIEL HUDSON
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 4, 1941 – April 9, 1969
Service recordNathaniel Hudson, of Raleigh, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 9, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 45
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
- Communication Center Operator (2542)
- Born
- April 4, 1941
- Home of record
- Raleigh, North Carolina (Wake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 27W, Line 45
- DELMAR CLAUDE DENNISSpecialist Four · April 9, 1969
- RODNEY TAMOTSU FUKUNAGACorporal · April 9, 1969
- BRUCE THOMAS KINGFirst Lieutenant · April 9, 1969
- THOMAS EDWARD LEAP JRFirst Lieutenant · April 9, 1969
From Raleigh
- WILLIAM EDWARD DAVIS JRSecond Lieutenant · December 10, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD ALSTONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- LEE ARTHUR MOORE JRSpecialist Four · March 30, 1966
- EDWARD SHEPHERDPlatoon Sergeant · May 21, 1966
- JOHN B DAVIS IIISpecialist Four · July 7, 1966
- WAYLAND DUNN JRSergeant · August 14, 1966
- LEON GORDON CHADWICK IIICaptain · November 14, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD OXLEYFirst Lieutenant · November 26, 1966
- SAMUEL ADAMS JAMES JRFirst Lieutenant · December 4, 1966
- DONALD FRANK RHODESPrivate · January 7, 1967
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.