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ALBERT OSCAR NELSON JR
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 10, 1948 – May 21, 1969
Service recordAlbert Oscar Nelson JR, of Oceanside, California, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 21, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 69
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Born
- June 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Oceanside, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 69
- MICHAEL MAXWELL HATZELLCorporal · May 21, 1969
- CHARLES HUBERT PEARCE JRSergeant · May 21, 1969
- EDISON RICHARD PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
- THOMAS ALBERT POTTHOFFSpecialist Four · May 21, 1969
From Oceanside
- JOHN HARVEY HOEFFSSpecialist Four · November 28, 1966
- WAYNE NORMAN HAYESSergeant Major · February 28, 1967
- DON MELVIN PERDUESergeant · May 25, 1967
- WILLIAM BYRON STUTESSergeant · September 10, 1967
- TUIOALELE T SUIAUNOASergeant First Class · January 30, 1968
- THOMAS CHARLES GOSCHFirst Lieutenant · March 1, 1968
- DOUGLAS N MCKENZIE IICorporal · March 8, 1968
- VIANE SOFENI MISAPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- THOMAS SAMUEL ALFREDPrivate · April 23, 1968
- DANIEL RALPH BROPHYSpecialist Four · June 24, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.