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DANIEL EARNEST NELMS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 26, 1949 – May 22, 1970
Service recordDaniel Earnest Nelms, of Hixson, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 82
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Hixson, Tennessee (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 82
- RICHARD WAYNE MEHLHAFFPrivate · May 22, 1970
- THOMAS HARRY MOLESSpecialist Four · May 22, 1970
- GARY RUEL MOWERFirst Lieutenant · May 22, 1970
- RICHARD DEAN NELSONCorporal · May 22, 1970
From Hixson
- JEFFERSON CLIFFORD CHESNUTTCaptain · May 8, 1967
- JOSEPH WILLIAM SHORTCorporal · April 13, 1968
- RONDAL LEE BURNSCorporal · June 16, 1969
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.