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VICTOR LEE NETTLES JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 12, 1945 – February 22, 1966
Service recordVictor Lee Nettles JR, of Varnville, South Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 22, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Varnville, South Carolina (Hampton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 61
- ROBERT LEWIS MACKPrivate First Class · February 22, 1966
- RALPH ARDEN MAXHAM JRPrivate First Class · February 22, 1966
- MICHAEL WILLIAM MCDONALDPrivate First Class · February 22, 1966
- MICHAEL JOSEPH NEMCHICKPrivate First Class · February 22, 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.