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ROBERT MELVIN NAIL
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 27, 1948 – June 8, 1967
Service recordRobert Melvin Nail, of Starke, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 8, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Starke, Florida (Bradford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1967; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 76
- DANIEL MARTIN ODONNELLPrivate First Class · June 8, 1967
- THOMAS PRETTERSpecialist Four · June 8, 1967
- HOWARD JACOB RICECorporal · June 8, 1967
- WALTER ADOLPH WAGNERLance Corporal · June 8, 1967
From Starke
- ARTHUR BROXTON JRCorporal · June 2, 1966
- LEON BUTLER TRIESTCaptain · October 24, 1966
- LAWRENCE RUTHERFORD KIMBLERSpecialist Four · August 4, 1967
- CHARLES RICHARD CREWSPrivate First Class · November 20, 1967
- JAMES GUY BLACKSHEARSpecialist Four · March 17, 1968
- ROBERT EARL TERRELLPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- ARTHUR BOYD CLARKSergeant · December 11, 1969
- RONALD ELLIS NEWMANCorporal · April 26, 1970
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.