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PETER FRANCIS NOLAN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 12, 1948 – May 8, 1970
Service recordPeter Francis Nolan, of Springfield, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 2
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Springfield, Massachusetts (Hampden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1970; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 2
- MICHAEL LEE MCPHERSONPrivate First Class · May 8, 1970
- ROCKY PEARSON OHAMSpecialist Four · May 8, 1970
- MERLIN GEORGE ORRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1970
- ELIAS BENSON PEALER JRCorporal · May 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID JEROME HUBERTYSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 131
- WAYNE KEITH SMITHSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 3
From Springfield
- WAYNE CARL SIMMONSSpecialist Five · April 1, 1965
- JAMES STEPHEN COCCHIARAPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- WILLIAM HADLEY SCHOLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RALPH GABRIEL ERDELYLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- ROBERT NAZAIRE TETREAULTStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- DONALD CONSTANDEGunnery Sergeant · August 12, 1966
- NORMAN CARL FARRISSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- RALPH EARLE HINESCaptain · February 19, 1967
- WALTER JOSEPH FITZPATRICKSergeant First Class · March 3, 1967
- GUS STOVALL JRPrivate · March 9, 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.