Rank: Private First Class
Unit: A Troop, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 10-Jun-1950
Hometown: Painesville, Ohio
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 23-Oct-1968
Start of tour: 12-May-1969
Incident date: 19-Jun-1969
Date of casualty: 19-Jun-1969
Age at death: 19
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Explosive Device. Other explosive device.
James Michael Nesselrotte was killed while a gunner on a military vehicle on a combat operation when a mine detonated. /Gunner on Armored Cavalry Assault Vehicle (ACAV) on combat operation when vehicle hit hostile mine.
Location of fatality: Binh Duong, South Vietnam, XT 817 406
Place of interment: Miller Cemetery, Webster Springs, West Virginia, USA
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