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DANIEL IVAN NELSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 19, 1947 – May 30, 1967
Service recordDaniel Ivan Nelson, of Rutledge, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 30, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 18
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
- October 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Rutledge, Minnesota (Pine County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 18
- HARRY GIBSON CARTERStaff Sergeant · May 30, 1967
- ALFRED ELLISSpecialist Four · May 30, 1967
- NOEL JESUS FELICIANOLance Corporal · May 30, 1967
- JIMMIE LEE JONESCorporal · May 30, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CLARK EDWARD SAPPCorporal · Panel 21E, Line 19
- KENNETH L STAGERStaff Sergeant · Panel 21E, Line 19
- GEORGE STEVEN SUTTPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 19
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.