Hometown: Whitesville, KY
Branch: U.S. Army 
Unit: Company B, 2d Battalion, 39th Infantry, 9th Infantry Division
Military Honors: Medal of Honor, Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Date of Sacrifice: December 29, 1968 - KIA in Giao Duc District, Dinh Tuong Province, Republic of Vietnam
Age: 20
Conflict: Vietnam War, 1959-1975

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Sources
Details provided by Mr. Leon Nash, PFC Nash’s Gold Star Brother.
U.S. Department of War: Medal of Honor Monday: Army Pfc. David Nash
Congressional Medal of Honor Society: David Paul Nash
Victoria Cross Online: David Paul “Paulie” Nash
Ohio County Messenger, Sep. 7, 2026: Killed in Vietnam, PFC. David P. Nash
The Louisville Times, April 8, 1970: Parents of Kentucky GI Given His Medal of Honor
Together We Served: Nash, David Paul, PFC
Burial Site: Find a Grave

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