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CURTIS LEE NELSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 8, 1950 – August 28, 1971
Service recordCurtis Lee Nelson, of Verona, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 28, 1971, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · 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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Structural Repairer (68G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- December 8, 1950
- Home of record
- Verona, New York (Oneida County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1971; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 5
- EUGENE GRIFFINPetty Officer First Class · August 28, 1971
- RONALD STEVE SHEPHERDPrivate First Class · August 28, 1971
- ALLAN LYNN HARRISWarrant Officer 1 · August 29, 1971
- OSCAR BURDETT WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · August 29, 1971
Same unit, same day
- WILLARD J BOUCHARD JRPrivate · Panel 2W, Line 4
- FRANK LEON BROWNINGPrivate · Panel 2W, Line 4
- STEPHEN LOUIS GARISpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 4
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.