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RICHARD ALAN NANCE
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
September 7, 1943 – October 25, 1966
Service recordRichard Alan Nance, of Galveston, Texas, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 25, 1966, in Laos, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 105
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 7, 1943
- Home of record
- Galveston, Texas (Galveston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 25, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date October 25, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 11E, Line 105
- RONALD GLEN PERRYMANSecond Lieutenant · October 25, 1966
- ROBERT LOUIS PITTPrivate First Class · October 25, 1966
- JAKE A SIMMONSPrivate First Class · October 25, 1966
- LARRY F SMITHSergeant · October 25, 1966
From Galveston
- HERMAN WILLIAM SILVEEPrivate First Class · August 1, 1965
- JOE CHARLES LILE IISpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- WALTER MULLER JRSergeant · August 12, 1966
- FELIX RICO RAMOS JRLance Corporal · August 21, 1966
- MARION LEE KEMPNERSecond Lieutenant · November 11, 1966
- RICHARD GARCIAPrivate First Class · January 30, 1967
- GREGORY C CLEMENTCaptain · February 23, 1967
- ARMANDO GALLARDOCorporal · April 24, 1967
- FRANK HENRY BERAN IIILance Corporal · May 20, 1967
- JOHN LANE WINTERSSpecialist Four · June 19, 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.