Massillon in Stark County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

William Lee Nulph, Jr.

Specialist Fourth Class - U.S. Army

— March 7, 1947 - November 12, 1967 —

William Lee Nulph, Jr. Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Doda, April 26, 2025

1. William Lee Nulph, Jr. Marker

Inscription.
Specialist Fourth Class Nulph, a teletype operator with Company A, Thirty-Seventh Signal Battalion, Twenty-First Signal Group, I Corps Tactical Zone Signal Group, was killed when the military vehicle in which he was a passenger hit a land mine near Hoi An, Quang Nam Province. Born in Massillon, the son of Mr. and Mrs. William L. Nulph, he was a 1965 graduate of Washington High School and had been employed by Republic Steel. William Lee Nulph, Jr., is buried at Rose Hill Memorial Park in Massillon.

Army Commendation Medal • Purple Heart • Air Medal • National Defense Service Medal • Vietnam Service Medal • Vietnam Campaign Medal

Erected by Safety Resources Company of Ohio, Inc.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Vietnam. A significant historical year for this entry is 1965.

Location. 40° 47.603′ N, 81° 31.622′ W. Memorial is in Massillon, Ohio, in Stark County. It is at the intersection of Tremont Avenue Southwest and 5th Street Southwest, on the right when traveling east on Tremont Avenue Southwest. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Massillon OH 44647, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Amish Country

and in Greater Cleveland.

It is also in the American Midwest.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Paul Ray Maddox (here, next to this marker); Lamont Douglas Hill (here, next to this marker); Robert Edwin Bethune

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(here, next to this marker); David Wallace Hendle (here, next to this marker); James Nelson Wymer (a few steps from this marker); Timothy Dale Berry (a few steps from this marker); William Francis Coyne (a few steps from this marker); Robert Damian Wuertz (a few steps from this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Massillon.

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Viaduct image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Doda, April 26, 2025

2. Vietnam Veterans Memorial Viaduct

Credits. This page was last revised on May 23, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 23, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 83 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 23, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.