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BRUCE JEFFREY NELSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 19, 1947 – August 25, 1968
Service recordBruce Jeffrey Nelson, of Wayzata, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 25, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 19
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Wayzata, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 19
- JOHNNY B NESBITTSpecialist Four · August 25, 1968
- STEVE OWEN NUSSBAUMERSergeant · August 25, 1968
- MARVIN ROBERT PEARCESpecialist Four · August 25, 1968
- JOSE MANUEL PENAFirst Lieutenant · August 25, 1968
From Wayzata
- THOMAS JOHN KOOBSpecialist Four · March 13, 1969
- MARTIN JOSEPH BENSONFirst Lieutenant · February 26, 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.