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DANIEL EUGENE NELSON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 8, 1947 – September 21, 1968
Service recordDaniel Eugene Nelson JR, of Barstow, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 21, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 56
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Barstow, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 56
- STEVEN ROBERT MAJORFirst Lieutenant · September 21, 1968
- JOHN ALBERT MCGEHEEPrivate First Class · September 21, 1968
- THOMAS ALLAN MITCHELLPrivate First Class · September 21, 1968
- MICHAEL DEAN NYSTULLance Corporal · September 21, 1968
From Barstow
- CLARENCE GRIEGOPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- ROBERT KAY WAGNERPetty Officer First Class · August 15, 1968
- CHARLES RUIZ LEMUS JRPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
- EUGENE F CHRISTIANSENSergeant First Class · February 6, 1969
- MARTIN JOSEPH CANAVAN JRStaff Sergeant · March 29, 1969
- PHILLIP DUANE BURFOOTSpecialist Four · June 7, 1969
- JACKIE LEE SMITHCorporal · July 15, 1969
- SALVADOR LEAL JRSpecialist Four · July 25, 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.