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WILLIAM BENEDICT NOLDE
Colonel · U.S. Army
August 8, 1929 – January 27, 1973
Service recordWilliam Benedict Nolde, of Menominee, Michigan, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on January 27, 1973, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 43. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 112
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (2162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- August 8, 1929
- Home of record
- Menominee, Michigan (Menominee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1973
- Age
- 43
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1973; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In January 1973, 29 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 112
- ROBERT LEE FRAKESSpecialist Four · January 26, 1973
- MARK JEFFERY MILLERPrivate First Class · January 26, 1973
- HARLEY HUBERT HALLCaptain · January 27, 1973
- GEORGE WILLIAM MORRIS JRCaptain · January 27, 1973
From Menominee
- RONALD JOSEPH PHELPSCorporal · November 14, 1967
- WAYNE DAVID JOHNSONPrivate First Class · October 4, 1968
- WILLIAM RICHARD ALFREDSONSergeant · April 15, 1970
- WAYNE RICHARD BEBOSpecialist Four · May 7, 1970
- JON WILLIAM RICHSergeant · May 21, 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.