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PAUL MARION NANCE JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 31, 1944 – May 1, 1968
Service recordPaul Marion Nance JR, of Washington, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 38
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 31, 1944
- Home of record
- Washington, North Carolina (Beaufort County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1968; 24 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 53E, Line 38
- DONNIE STANLEY KEGGPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- RAYMOND G MENDIBLESCorporal · May 1, 1968
- JACKIE GENE MONTGOMERYCorporal · May 1, 1968
- TERRY ENGLEBERT MOOREPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES RAY FEDRO SRSpecialist Four · Panel 53E, Line 31
- SHERMAN JUNIOR HUSSEYMaster Sergeant · Panel 53E, Line 34
- JOHN RUNYON NEARY IIPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 39
From Washington
- JOSEPH HENRY DOWNING JRStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1968
- GARY HOYT LEARYPrivate First Class · April 14, 1968
- JAMES LEROY BROWNLance Corporal · July 12, 1968
- CARL FREDERICK HODGES JRCorporal · July 24, 1968
- WARREN LEE BEACHAMCorporal · March 2, 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.