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NOLAN EUGENE BLACK
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
September 6, 1942 – October 30, 1969
Service recordNolan Eugene Black, of Beloit, Wisconsin, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on October 30, 1969, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 3
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 6, 1942
- Home of record
- Beloit, Wisconsin (Rock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1969; six of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 3
- RUSSELL MARTINEZ LECOMPTEPetty Officer First Class · October 29, 1969
- CLYDE JAMES BENNETTMaster Sergeant · October 30, 1969
- CLYDE LEE ROY CANADASergeant · October 30, 1969
- WILLIE J KELLYLance Corporal · October 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CLYDE LEE ROY CANADASergeant · Panel 16W, Line 3
- MAURY WILLIAM HEARNEChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 16W, Line 5
- DOUGLAS HUGH LOTT JRSpecialist Five · Panel 16W, Line 6
- JAMES NED WOOLLEYSpecialist Five · Panel 16W, Line 7
From Beloit
- WILLIAM PAUL MARTINSergeant · April 2, 1967
- HARRY EUGENE GEARYCorporal · June 3, 1967
- JOHN ALBERT DEBOCKMajor · August 3, 1967
- LEONARD JOHN TAUSCHEKPrivate First Class · September 7, 1967
- EDWIN FAY BROWNSergeant · January 10, 1968
- DENNIS MELVIN WOODStaff Sergeant · December 11, 1968
- JAMES PAUL MCCONNELLSpecialist Four · December 26, 1968
- JERRALD JOSEPH BULINSpecialist Four · January 30, 1969
- GERALD WAYNE SCHULTZPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- ERNEST WILLIAM TEWSLance Corporal · April 30, 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.