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NICHOLAS ANTHONY NATALE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 31, 1948 – May 29, 1968
Service recordNicholas Anthony Natale, of Medina, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 63W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63W · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Medina, New York (Orleans County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1968; 24 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 63W, Line 10
- CARL THOMAS MCCOY JRSpecialist Five · May 29, 1968
- JAMES RAY MULLINSLance Corporal · May 29, 1968
- ROBERT LESLIE MYERSPrivate · May 29, 1968
- VAN ALLEN NORRISCorporal · May 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES WILLIAM BROWN JRSergeant · Panel 63W, Line 3
- JUAN ANGEL ELIASSergeant · Panel 63W, Line 5
- RICHARD EARL GITHENSSpecialist Four · Panel 63W, Line 6
- RONALD LEE MABEPrivate First Class · Panel 63W, Line 8
- JOAQUIN NERIS-APONTEStaff Sergeant · Panel 63W, Line 9
- ROBERT KENT PERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 63W, Line 11
- JOHN DENIS PETERSCorporal · Panel 63W, Line 11
From Medina
- ROLLAND BERNARD SHUBBUCKAirman Second Class · January 16, 1966
- ROGER JOHN COOKLance Corporal · January 15, 1967
- LEROY HENRY KELLERCorporal · May 12, 1967
- JOHN ERNEST ALBANESE JRSergeant · May 23, 1968
- GEORGE MICHAEL UNDERDOWNSergeant · April 1, 1970
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.