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CLYDE KEITH NELSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 13, 1946 – August 9, 1972
Service recordClyde Keith Nelson, of Connellsville, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 9, 1972, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 62
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Helicopter Mechanic, Ch-53 (6113)
- Born
- December 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Connellsville, Pennsylvania (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 9, 1972
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date August 9, 1972; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In August 1972, 41 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 62
- DAVID NEIL LARSONSeaman · August 8, 1972
- WILLIAM GARY CHANDLERCaptain · August 11, 1972
- PATRICK T MATHEWSCaptain · August 11, 1972
- JAMES JOSEPH SANSONESeaman · September 10, 1972
From Connellsville
- MICHAEL EDWARD WIDENERAirman First Class · June 25, 1965
- WILBUR EUGENE SWINDELLStaff Sergeant · September 14, 1966
- DAVID BARTOCKPrivate First Class · March 10, 1967
- KENNETH BRIAN KOOSERCorporal · July 7, 1967
- JAMES CLYDE KRAYNAKSergeant · August 18, 1968
- FRANCIS RAY ADDISSpecialist Four · June 19, 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.