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NAZIR MOHAMMED
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 25, 1944 – March 12, 1971
Service recordNazir Mohammed, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 41
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 25, 1944
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1971
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1971; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 41
- CLIVE GARTH JEFFSCaptain · March 12, 1971
- VAN JOHN JOYCEFirst Lieutenant · March 12, 1971
- JERRY DEAN KUNEYSergeant · March 12, 1971
- WILLIAM TRUMAN LAFIELD JRCorporal · March 12, 1971
Same unit, same day
- MELVIN HAZLEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 40
- MICHAEL WAYNE HILLCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 40
- BENJAMIN EUGENE SLAGOWSKIStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 42
- GERALD WELSCHStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 43
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.