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WINFORD ALLEN NASS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 18, 1946 – February 23, 1969
Service recordWinford Allen Nass, of Centerport, New York, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wire Systems Installer (31L)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- November 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Centerport, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; 30 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 12
- MICHAEL RICHARD MCCABEPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- RONALD MCINTOSHPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- CHARLES LARRY MCMAHANStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1969
- REID MCDONALD NANEYPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CLARENCE DEAN RUSSELLSergeant · Panel 31W, Line 19
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.