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ROBERT FRANK NOLAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 27, 1947 – May 7, 1968
Service recordRobert Frank Nolan, of Madison, Connecticut, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 29
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Madison, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 29
- KENNETH BENEDICT ORSZULAKPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- PEDRO MORENO ORTIZPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- DAVID RAY OWENSPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- PAUL WARREN PAINELieutenant Commander · May 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRED KEITH FISHPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 23
- JAMES ROBERT MCDONOUGHSpecialist Five · Panel 56E, Line 23
- RUSSELL JAMES HELIKERSpecialist Four · Panel 56E, Line 25
- ROBERT FRANKLIN HOLDENStaff Sergeant · Panel 56E, Line 25
- ADAM DYCKMAN KNECHTCorporal · Panel 56E, Line 26
- DAVID RAY OWENSPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 29
- GEORGE RANDLE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 31
- DONALD ANTHONY TESTACorporal · Panel 56E, Line 32
From Madison
- JOHN SARGEANT VOEGTLIPrivate First Class · February 10, 1966
- LEON RUSSELL GOODALE JRSpecialist Five · February 26, 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.