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CLIFFORD DALE NELSON
Major · U.S. Army
September 27, 1934 – July 25, 1967
Service recordClifford Dale Nelson, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on July 25, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 120
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (2162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 27, 1934
- Home of record
- Council Bluffs, Iowa (Pottawattamie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1967
- Age
- 32
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 120
- CHARLES DUANE MATTERNSergeant · July 25, 1967
- WALTER LESLI MCINTOSH JRCorporal · July 25, 1967
- DEAN RICHARD NELSENFireman · July 25, 1967
- WESLEY PARKERSergeant · July 25, 1967
From Council Bluffs
- MELVIN JOSEPH KILLIANColonel · September 30, 1965
- PHILLIP HARRY GREGOPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- LEONARD LLOYD MCQUINN JRPrivate First Class · September 5, 1966
- PAUL FRANK WIDTFELDT JRSpecialist Four · October 8, 1966
- DENNIS RAY JENSENPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- RAYMOND HENRY KNIGHTSpecialist Five · March 25, 1967
- LOUIS NEWTON COOLEY JRLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
- WILLIAM ALLEN IVESPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- KENNETH CARL BAXTERLance Corporal · May 1, 1968
- LYLE PRESTON BILLSPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
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.