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NELSON MICHAEL HYLER
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
December 27, 1948 – July 3, 1970
Service recordNelson Michael Hyler, of Scarsdale, New York, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 3, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 115
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Builder (BU)
- Born
- December 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Scarsdale, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 115
- JOHN WILLIAM CARPER JRSpecialist Four · July 3, 1970
- LOUIS JOHN CROSBYSergeant · July 3, 1970
- WILLIAM TIMOTHY DORSEYPrivate First Class · July 3, 1970
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS FRAKESCorporal · July 3, 1970
From Scarsdale
- BRIAN J CLUNEPrivate First Class · August 8, 1966
- EDWARD HENRY JACKSON JRSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- GEORGE RICHARD DARNELLCorporal · June 9, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH CRUMMMajor General · July 7, 1967
- CHARLES C WINSTON IIIMajor · August 1, 1967
- THOMAS JOLLEY DEANSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- WILLIAM D VANTASSEL JRSergeant · October 7, 1968
- WILLIAM GRAVELLE SCOTT JRFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1969
- WALTER ALOYSIUS JOYCELance Corporal · February 22, 1969
- HOWARD RUSSELL BRUCKNERSergeant · August 18, 1969
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.