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Nashua Marine, 19, Dies Of Wounds in VietnamMarine PJc David Weller, 19, son of Mr and Mrs Howard Weller, 12 Beausite dr, Nashua, was reported today to have been killed in Vietnam.The Marines said Weller, whowent to Vietnam last April 4,'was wounded while fighting with the First Marines, 5th Battalion in Quang-Tin (south of DaNang) last Thursday and died as. a . result of the wounds on Friday,. ^ . /.' Enljstetl Xias?t Year! .Pfc\Weller . enlisted, in tht Marines May. 13, ■ 1966 and received training at Parris Island, .SC, Camp- Lejeune, NC and Camp Pendleton, Calif* before being sent to Vietnam.,He was educated in Lowell, Mass and -Nashua schools before being enlisted in the Marines, He is the‘46th New Hampshire . resident to die from wounds received in’ combat in Vietnam,The last area resident to die in the war was SP/4 Leonard Nute, 20, of Hudson, who died..; * —DAVID WELLERlast month while serving wltfc the Army’s 25th Division.Besides his parents, Pfc Waller is survived by a brother Michael and sister, Janeen-Lea.The boy’s father said this morning he was awaiting fur* ther information from-the Marine Headquarters, Washington, DC on when to expect his son’i body to be returned to Nashua.
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Nashua, New Hampshire, US
Wed, Jun 07, 1967
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