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WALTER JOSEPH NERAD JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 26, 1944 – March 30, 1967
Service recordWalter Joseph Nerad JR, of Maple Heights, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 30, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 26, 1944
- Home of record
- Maple Heights, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 30, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date March 30, 1967; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 74
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MCDOWELLSpecialist Four · March 30, 1967
- ROBERT LEE MCGEELance Corporal · March 30, 1967
- ROBERT WALTER MITCHELLPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
- WILLIAM WESLEY PATTERSONCorporal · March 30, 1967
From Maple Heights
- GEORGE BRUCE MENGESMajor · January 2, 1967
- MARCO JOSEPH BARUZZISpecialist Four · February 3, 1967
- TERRY JOHN PERKOLance Corporal · February 21, 1967
- NICKOLAS R PALUMBO JRCorporal · August 29, 1967
- LOUIS ALLAN SNAKOVSKY JRPrivate First Class · June 4, 1968
- CECIL BOYD WAGNER JRCorporal · September 29, 1968
- THOMAS JAMES SCHNEIDERSpecialist Four · July 2, 1969
- BARRY ROBERT CLARKCorporal · September 5, 1969
- ALAN DAVID MARTINStaff Sergeant · May 17, 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.