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ROLAND HAROLD NADEAU
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 13, 1949 – August 2, 1969
Service recordRoland Harold Nadeau, of Ft Belvoir, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 2, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 88
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Ft Belvoir, Virginia (Fairfax County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 88
- GARRY DWIGHT BARBEECorporal · August 2, 1969
- DWIGHT PINZA MCKEATHONPrivate First Class · August 2, 1969
- DAVID CORNELIUS OCONNORSergeant · August 2, 1969
- ALEXANDER P POMEROYPrivate First Class · August 2, 1969
- JAMES FRANK POTTERSergeant · August 2, 1969
From Ft Belvoir
- FRANK WARREN CROSSChief Warrant Officer 3 · September 15, 1968
- FRED VINCENT COLELieutenant Colonel · May 12, 1970
- MELVIN WAYNE FINCHCaptain · March 30, 1972
- JOHN WADSWORT CONSOLVO JRCaptain · May 7, 1972
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.