My Dad's Military Page
I dedicate this page to me memory of my dad
and to all the servicemen who gave their lives in serving our country.
My dad Woodrow Russell NANCE, Jr...
Born: 12 Mar 1938 Radford, VA
Died: 16 Dec 2001 New Tazewell, Claiborne County, TN
Spent 20 years serving in the United States Air Force
SSgt. Nance files microfiche in a shoe box
From the ADC Communications & Electronics Digest Sept. 1970
4754th RADAR Evaluation Squadron
Stationed:
1960 - ???? - Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi
29 Dec. 1961 - abt. 1965 810 AWC Squadron, Winston Salem Air Force Station, North Carolina
15 June 1965 - 15 June 1967 4754th RADAR Evaluation Squadron, Hill Air Force Base, Layton, Utah
About 1968 - Vietman....When he got orders to go overseas he was suppose to go to Phan Rang Vietnam. Phan Rang had been closed down.
Everyone went to Sigon Vietnam first. So they cut him another set of orders in Sigon and sent him to Thailand. But he was in
Sigon for a month so that made him a Vietnam veteran.
???? - ???? - Alaska
???? - ???? - Thialand
???? - 1971 - Hill Air Force Base, Layton, Utah
1971 - 1972 - Lowrey Air Force Base, Colorado
1972 - 1975 - Hill Air Force Base, Layton, Utah
1975 - 1978 - Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan
1978 - 1980 - Holloman Air Force Base, Alamogordo, NM
Ribbons he received:
- Air Force Outstanding Unit Ribbon - (with 1 ribbon device)
awarded to units which have outstanding achievement that clearly sets the unit above of national or
international significance, combat operations against an armed enemy of the United States, or military
operations involving conflict with or exposure to hostile actions by an opposing foreign force.
- Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon
- Air Force Longevity Service Ribbon, (with 2 ribbon devices)
who complete four years of honorable active or reserve military service.
- National Defense Service Ribbon, (Vietnam War) 1 January 1961 - 14 August 1974
- Air Force Good Conduct Ribbon, (with 2 ribbon devices) awarded to Airmen for exemplary conduct during a three-year period of active military service,
(or for a one-year period of service during a time of war).
- Simular to this 1 but without to 60. Republic of Vietnam Campaign Ribbon, Served for 6 months in South Vietnam 1 Mar 61 and 28 Mar 73;
and who served a minimum of 60 calendar days in Vietnam during 29 Jan 73 to 28 Mar 73.
- Can't find what this 1 was for. Vietnam War Ribbon??
Here's some places on the web I found dad listed:
Nationwide Gravesite Locator: Department of Veterans Affairs
1. NANCE, WOODROW RUSSELL Jr
TSGT US AIR FORCE
VIETNAM
DATE OF BIRTH: 03/12/1938
DATE OF DEATH: 12/16/2001
BURIED AT:
IRISH CEMETERY
IRISH CEMETERY RD TAZEWELL, TN 37879
From "The Claiborne Progress, Wednesday, December 19, 2001"
WOODROW RUSSELL NANCE, JR.
Woodrow Russell Nance, Jr. age 63, of Tazewell, was born March 12, 1938 and passed away December 16, 2001 at Claiborne County Hospital.
He was of the Methodist Faith. He was retired from the Air Force and a Vietnam Veteran. He was retired from the Department of Human
Services of Claiborne County. He was preceeded in death by his parents: Woodrow and Sarah Elizabeth Nance; sister, Barbara Disney.
Survivors include his wife, Wanda Nance of Tazewell; daughters and son-in-law:, Sonia Kinback of Jensen Beach, Fl., Denise and
Eddie Bunch of Knoxville; brother and sister-in-law: Mike and Linda Nance of Los Vegas, Nv., sisters and brother-in-law: Mary and
Glenn M. Humphrey of Clinton, Sarah and Dykie Runion of North Carolina; 4 grandchildren; and 1 great grandchild.
Funeral services were held 7 p.m. Tuesday, December 18 in the Claiborne Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Leonard Brooks officiating.
Graveside services will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday, December 19 at Irish Memorial Gardens in Tazewell.
Pallbearers: Employees of the Department of Human Services. Claiborne Funeral Home in charge.
IRISH MEMORIAL GARDENS - TAZEWELL, CLAIBORNE COUNTY, TN
Woodrow Russell NANCE, Jr.
TSGT US AIR FORCE
VIETNAM
Mar 12 1938 Dec 16 2001
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