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DANA EDWARD NELSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 26, 1949 – March 28, 1969
Service recordDana Edward Nelson, of Costa, West Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 28, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 73
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Costa, West Virginia (Boone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 73
- CARL DAVID NALLCorporal · March 28, 1969
- PAUL ARTHUR NELSONStaff Sergeant · March 28, 1969
- RICHARD LANCE NOTTINGHAMPrivate First Class · March 28, 1969
- MICHAEL LOUIS POGGISergeant · March 28, 1969
From Costa
- ROBERT LEE FLECKCorporal · October 19, 1967
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.