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NELSON JOSEPH BOURDAGE
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 14, 1919 – March 5, 1968
Service recordNelson Joseph Bourdage, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 48. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 6
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
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Senior Supply/Service Sergeant (76Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- March 14, 1919
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1968
- Age
- 48
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1968; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43E, Line 6
- RODNEY GALE FRANKStaff Sergeant · March 5, 1968
- RICHARD GRANADOSSpecialist Four · March 5, 1968
- JAZREAL LEVITE HAYWOODPlatoon Sergeant · March 5, 1968
- BILLY MICHAEL HOLLIMONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JULIUS JAKE HOWARD JRPrivate · Panel 43E, Line 7
- LUCIOUS HUTCHINSStaff Sergeant · Panel 43E, Line 7
- RICHARD SMITH LOWESWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 43E, Line 9
- JOSIAH SMITH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 11
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.