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WILLIAM LEROY NETTLE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 19, 1943 – July 8, 1970
Service recordWilliam Leroy Nettle, of Mountain View, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 8, 1970, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 132
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 19, 1943
- Home of record
- Mountain View, California (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1970; three of them were lost in Binh Thuy Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 132
- LARRY LEE NIEKENCorporal · July 8, 1970
- THOMAS BREVARD OWENSFirst Sergeant · July 8, 1970
- MARK PHILLIP RAIFORDSpecialist Four · July 8, 1970
- RICHARD GLENN REPOLEFirst Lieutenant · July 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RANDOLPH EDWIN GRAVESSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 130
- JOHN WILLIAM MURSCHChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 9W, Line 131
- JOHN FLANAGAN SPANGLERSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 133
- DONALD BRUCE THOMPSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 8W, Line 1
From Mountain View
- MELVIN LAWRENCE FRONTELLAPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
- BRENT EDEN DAVISMajor · March 18, 1966
- RANDOLPH PAUL VEDROSPetty Officer Second Class · April 13, 1966
- MERVYN DONALD TEDDSCorporal · September 4, 1967
- DONALD ROBERT KIRBY IIILance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- CLIFFORD WAYNE WALKERSpecialist Four · February 18, 1968
- FREDERICK HOWARD TAPPANSpecialist Four · August 20, 1968
- RONALD KAZUO ASADASergeant · January 10, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD HANNIBALLance Corporal · January 26, 1969
- RONALD KELLEY WILSONSpecialist Four · April 28, 1969
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.