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ARCHIE LEE NELSON JR
Private · U.S. Army
January 12, 1948 – August 15, 1968
Service recordArchie Lee Nelson JR, of Delray Beach, Florida, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on August 15, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 19 ENG BN 35 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- January 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Delray Beach, Florida (Palm Beach County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 19
- JAMES RONALD PARKERSpecialist Four · August 15, 1968
- ANTHONY JEROME PORTISCorporal · August 15, 1968
- ROBERT VINCENT SIMONSStaff Sergeant · August 15, 1968
- WILLIAM FRED SOULELance Corporal · August 15, 1968
From Delray Beach
- CLAUDE ROBERTSPrivate First Class · April 11, 1968
- ARTHUR ROY SPROTT JRMajor · January 10, 1969
- SAMUEL CORNELIUS MACONPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- RICHARD DANCY MILLERSpecialist Four · March 10, 1971
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.