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ROBERT JOHN NADEAU
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 3, 1949 – November 25, 1969
Service recordRobert John Nadeau, of Westbrook, Maine, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 25, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 121
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- February 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Westbrook, Maine (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 25, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1969; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 121
- EVERETT GORE JRCorporal · November 25, 1969
- TEDDY LEON HAMELCorporal · November 25, 1969
- GARY PATRICK HERSHBERGERSergeant · November 25, 1969
- PAUL RICHARD LAVEZZOLISecond Lieutenant · November 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD JAMES CORMIERPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 120
- ROGER BERNARD SCHAEFERSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 123
From Westbrook
- RAYMOND ELTON LEIGHTONSergeant · March 21, 1966
- DONALD MYRICK RUSSELLColonel · December 5, 1967
- BENEDICT MAHER DAVANStaff Sergeant · March 17, 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.