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NILS ARDEN DRENNEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 2, 1948 – March 12, 1967
Service recordNils Arden Drennen, of Norristown, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineer Equipment Assistant (62A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Norristown, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 67
- JOSEPH DANIEL ADRIANFirst Lieutenant · March 12, 1967
- STEPHEN FRANK BURLINGAMESpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
- HARLAND GENE CLAUSEN JRSpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
- CHARLES DUANE SAYLORSpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
From Norristown
- ROBERT FRANCIS RONCAMajor · February 19, 1965
- WILLIAM RICHARD REESE JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- NICHOLAS JOSEPH FULMERSpecialist Four · November 12, 1966
- MICHAEL ALEXANDER BARONOWSKILance Corporal · November 29, 1966
- JOHN ELLWOOD SCHEETZPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- DANIEL WILLIAM BRADYLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- WILLIE LEE JONES JRSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- DAVID BRAUCH LEFEVERCorporal · September 6, 1967
- JIMMIE LUE MCMORRISPrivate First Class · November 15, 1967
- JAMES ARTHUR WATSONPrivate First Class · November 21, 1967
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.