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ROBERT JOSEPH NARDELLI
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 8, 1949 – February 9, 1968
Service recordRobert Joseph Nardelli, of Redondo Beach, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 9, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Redondo Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
107 names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 164 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 57
- SAMUEL T MCDOWELL JRSecond Lieutenant · February 9, 1968
- THOMAS NORTONSpecialist Four · February 9, 1968
- JERRY A NOVAKOVICHSecond Lieutenant · February 9, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD NOVELSpecialist Four · February 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DARRELL WAYNE SIBERTPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 60
From Redondo Beach
- EDMUND FRANCIS THORNELLCaptain · September 10, 1966
- PHILIP HARRY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · February 2, 1967
- EDWARD ARTHUR PAINEPetty Officer Third Class · May 17, 1967
- GREGORY RAY GINGERICHPetty Officer Second Class · May 25, 1967
- ROGER MILTON POIRIERSergeant · August 2, 1967
- CHRISTIAN LARS WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1967
- GARY MICHAEL DIAZCorporal · February 4, 1968
- BARRY WAYNE HOOPERLieutenant · March 5, 1968
- KARL LUCASStaff Sergeant · April 25, 1968
- DOUGLAS DALE CHANEYFirst Lieutenant · July 23, 1968
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.