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BENJAMIN ROY NELSON JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 31, 1944 – November 30, 1970
Service recordBenjamin Roy Nelson JR, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 30, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 99
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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- July 31, 1944
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 99
- JAMES DALE JONESFirst Lieutenant · November 30, 1970
- ROBERT GENE MOORESpecialist Four · November 30, 1970
- PATRICK JAMES PAULICHPrivate · November 30, 1970
- JOHN CURTIS STRINGER IICaptain · November 30, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CLARENCE EUGENE BAKERSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 97
- ROBERT ARTHUR BOJANEKSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 97
- DOUGLAS STEPHEN BRIDGERSPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 97
- DONALD LEWIS GOLDENStaff Sergeant · Panel 6W, Line 98
- KENNETH LEE ROBERTSONSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 100
- DENNIS MICHAEL SMITHStaff Sergeant · Panel 6W, Line 100
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.