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SHIRL BRAD NANCE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 10, 1948 – January 7, 1969
Service recordShirl Brad Nance, of Salt Lake City, Utah, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 7, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 49
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)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 35W, Line 49
- ROBERT DENNIS MARTINPrivate First Class · January 7, 1969
- JAMES KEITH MERRELLSpecialist Four · January 7, 1969
- RONALD LEWIS MORRISSpecialist Four · January 7, 1969
- RICHARD DANIEL WINNINGHAMSpecialist Four · January 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLIE ANTHONY DAVISCorporal · Panel 35W, Line 46
- ROBERT VAN PACKCaptain · Panel 35W, Line 50
From Salt Lake City
- DONALD VERNON MCGREGORCaptain · August 13, 1963
- REED GEORGE JENSENMajor · July 28, 1964
- FRANCIS JOHN DUNC DELMARKLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- DON RICHARD HOODCaptain · October 2, 1965
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1965
- ROBERT LEE STOKESSergeant · November 15, 1965
- ROBERT LEE CRAFTPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS PARKERSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- DAVID J BROADHEADPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- THOMAS GAVIN WALSTERLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1966
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.