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BILLY DEAN NELSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 30, 1947 – July 20, 1966
Service recordBilly Dean Nelson, of Loomis, Nebraska, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 20, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 47
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- June 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Loomis, Nebraska (Phelps County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 47
- CASCO DEVAUGHN HOWELLPrivate · July 20, 1966
- LESTER JONESPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- ROLF WALLACE JORGENSENLance Corporal · July 20, 1966
- DOUGLAS MASON KYSERPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
From Loomis
- WILLMER ARDEN MATSONCorporal · March 15, 1970
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.