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NELSON LEPORT HORCHEM JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 30, 1944 – March 30, 1969
Service recordNelson Leport Horchem JR, of Kankakee, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 30, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 91
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 30, 1944
- Home of record
- Kankakee, Illinois (Kankakee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 30, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 30, 1969; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 91
- JOHNNY ALLISON GIBSONSpecialist Four · March 30, 1969
- WILLIAM ANDREW GOULDPrivate First Class · March 30, 1969
- CHARLES LYNN HODGESpecialist Four · March 30, 1969
- CLARENCE ALBERT LATIMERSergeant First Class · March 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BRET FLETCHER CRANDALLSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 89
- LAWSON DWIGHT NELSONPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 93
From Kankakee
- PATRICK FRANCIS BECKPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
- RICHARD CROSBY CLARKSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERT CHARLES JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- GENNARO JOSEPH DECARLOCorporal · August 27, 1967
- DEAN PAUL STPIERRECaptain · May 22, 1968
- CHARLES DONALD JONESPetty Officer First Class · February 19, 1969
- PHILIP MICHAEL WERBISKIMajor · August 19, 1969
- EDDIE SAM RANDALL JRSpecialist Four · March 15, 1970
- JIMMY ODENEALPrivate First Class · March 12, 1971
- JEROME EDWARD LEROYSpecialist Four · March 22, 1971
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.