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DANIEL RAYMOND NELSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 30, 1949 – June 23, 1969
Service recordDaniel Raymond Nelson, of Coventry, Rhode Island, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 23, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 123
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- August 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Coventry, Rhode Island (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 123
- GEORGE DENNIS MCCLELLANDPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
- BILLY WALLACE MCDONALDStaff Sergeant · June 23, 1969
- DAVID LEE NORDStaff Sergeant · June 23, 1969
- MARTIN JAMES PAMONICUTTPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
From Coventry
- JOHN JOSEPH APPOLONIAPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- KENNETH OSCAR PALMERSergeant First Class · June 13, 1968
- DAVID WILLIAM LILLEYSergeant · January 9, 1971
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.