JOHN BENEDICT NAHAN III
JOHN B NAHAN III
24E/73
REMEMBRANCES
We Remember
John is buried at Church Cemetery of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Watson Township, MI.
Final Mission of U.S. Marine Corps helicopter CH-46A tail number 151923
In early August, 1967, a nine-man team from A Company, 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division began a night reconnaissance patrol in the A Shau Valley that was spotted by a Montagnard tribal woman and child, who alerted a nearby North Vietnamese unit. North Vietnamese troops slowly surrounded the Marine patrol and another that had joined it, trapping them for two days in hopes of luring a helicopter rescue. The following day (August 3), the first of two helicopters arrived and loaded some men from the patrols, but was hit by a bazooka shell and crashed during takeoff. The pilot was killed by small-arms fire. The nine passengers were believed to have perished, but all of their bodies could not be recovered because of hostile fire. LCPL John B. Nahan III and LCPL Jack Wolpe were passengers aboard the aircraft. They were two of the A Company Reconnaissance patrol. CPL Thomas A. Gopp was the crew chief of the helicopter. HN James P. McGrath was a U.S. Navy hospital corpsman attached to H & S Company accompanying the Recon team. These four were listed as Killed in Action, Body Not Recovered (KIABNR). (Information from the POW Network) [Taken from vhpa.org]
Lest We Forget
We will remember you JOHN BENEDICT NAHAN III. Know you are not forgotten.
IN REMEMBRANCE OF THIS UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS SERVICEMAN WHOSE NAME SHALL LIVE FOREVER MORE
JOHN BENEDICT NAHAN III
who served with
COMPANY ' A '
3rd RECONNAISSANCE BATTALION
3rd MARINE DIVISION
LOST HIS YOUNG LIFE ON
3 AUGUST 1967
WHILE PARTICIPATING IN
A RECONNAISSANCE MISSION
IN OPERATION " PARTYLINE ONE "
AND REMAINS TO THIS DAY AS BEING
MISSING IN ACTION
YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN
NOR SHALL YOU EVER BE
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For an account of what took place on
this fateful day please see the
REMEMBRANCE for.....
CORPORAL
THOMAS ALAN GOPP