Harold Curtis Nye

Private First Class
D CO, 11TH ENGINEER BN, 3RD MARDIV
United States Marine Corps
24 March 1948 - 24 June 1967
Lebanon, Pennsylvania
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3RD MARDIV

11TH ENG BN
National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

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Eternal Father, grant, we pray,
To all Marines, both night and day,
The courage, honor, strength, and skill
Their Land to serve, thy law fulfill;
Be thou the shield forevermore
From every peril to the Corps.
From the Navy Hymn
("Eternal Father")

REMEMBERED
by the men of the
11th Engineer Battalion

A Note from The Virtual Wall

The 11th Engineer Battalion Command Chronology for June 1967 contains the following entry:
"During the month of June [1967] this Battalion suffered three KIAs from enemy Rocket and Mortar attacks; 16 WIAs including three USN Corpsmen; one non-hostile death due to an accidental shooting on an ambush; and 11 non-hostile injuries."
The three hostile-fire deaths occurred on 20 June 1967, with three men from Bravo Company killed: The accidental shooting occurred four days later and cost the life of one Marine from Delta Company:
  • Pfc Harold C. Nye, Lebanon, PA




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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Memorial first published on 25 Jun 2002
Last updated 08/10/2009