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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Paul Ernest Nadeau.

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PAUL ERNEST NADEAU

Private First Class · U.S. Army

April 19, 1932 – September 4, 1966

Service record

Paul Ernest Nadeau, of Manchester, New Hampshire, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 10E · Line 68

Position of Panel 10E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Private First Class (PFC)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Pioneer (12A)
Unit (as recorded)
B CO 20 ENG BN 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
Born
April 19, 1932
Home of record
Manchester, New Hampshire (Hillsborough County)

Casualty

Date of death
September 4, 1966
Age
34
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Other Accident

Context · from the records

What was happening

Ten names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 10E, Line 68

From Manchester

All 38 names from Manchester →

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.