Rank: Staff Sergeant
Unit: I Troop, 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11B – Infantryman
Awards: Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Valorous Unit Award, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 16-Sep-1946
Hometown: Mountain Lakes, New Jersey
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 11-Sep-1968
Start of tour: 16-Sep-1969
Incident date: 26-Mar-1970
Date of casualty: 13-May-1970
Age at death: 23
Cause of death: Hostile, died of wounds. Explosive Device. Other explosive device.
David Robertson Nash died as a result of wounds received while at a night defensive position when a booby trap detonated. He was admitted to a military medical facility and later expired. / At night defensive position (NDP). Detonated hostile booby trap. Individual was admitted to 24th Evacuation Hospital, Long Binh, 26 Mar 1970 at 0750 hrs, placed on Very Serious Injury (VSI) list 26 Mar 1970 at 1300 hrs. Individual was eventually transferred to 294th General Hospital, Camp Drake, Japan, where he expired on 13 May 1970 at 0849 hrs. Incident occurred on 26 Mar 1970.
Two Blackhorse troopers died as a result of this incident:
SSG David Robertson Nash
SP4 Norman Howard Strength
Location of fatality: Tay Ninh, South Vietnam, XT 078 365
Place of interment: Evergreen Cemetery, Basking Ridge, New Jersey, USA
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