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CHARLES NELSON
Private · U.S. Army
February 17, 1948 – June 9, 1969
Service recordCharles Nelson, of Birmingham, Alabama, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 5
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Materiel Control And Accounting Specialist (76P)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- February 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Birmingham, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 5
- STEVEN WILLIAM MCCLOUDPrivate First Class · June 9, 1969
- RICHARD DOUGLAS MCKENZIESecond Lieutenant · June 9, 1969
- JAMES HAROLD MCMAHONPrivate First Class · June 9, 1969
- GENE ALLEN MYERSSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
From Birmingham
- SHERMAN ELLIOT WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · July 9, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- ROBERT WARREN ALLENPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- GENE WILLIAM WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · October 12, 1965
- JAMES J HOWARDSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- CLEO LOCKETTCorporal · November 8, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES BATTLEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- HAROLD EUGENE WATKINSLance Corporal · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES WILLIAM STOREYStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD EARL HARPERSpecialist Four · January 12, 1966
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.