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NATHANIEL IRVING
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 16, 1948 – February 8, 1969
Service recordNathaniel Irving, of Hopewell, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 86
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Hopewell, Virginia (Hopewell (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1969. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 86
- LLOYD JUNIOR HUCKSPrivate First Class · February 8, 1969
- PERRY DAVID JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · February 8, 1969
- DONALD LEE KIPPSpecialist Four · February 8, 1969
- ARTHUR LEE KLAUSCorporal · February 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT HAROLD PARCHER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 88
- KENNETH CHARLES HESSSergeant · Panel 33W, Line 89
From Hopewell
- ROBERT LEE LEWISSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- TERRY PAUL PIERCEPrivate First Class · November 29, 1966
- ROBERT GRESHAM MAYESStaff Sergeant · May 8, 1967
- DAVID LEE CHANEYCorporal · January 1, 1968
- WILLIAM LLOYD DRAPERPrivate First Class · February 17, 1968
- FREDDIE ISIASH CROCKETTPrivate First Class · May 6, 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.