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DARROL OREN NELSON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
June 16, 1933 – May 30, 1966
Service recordDarrol Oren Nelson, of Calhoun, Alabama, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 30, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 126
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 16, 1933
- Home of record
- Calhoun, Alabama (Lowndes County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1966
- Age
- 32
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 126
- THOMAS EDWARD COLLINSStaff Sergeant · May 30, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD NICASTROCorporal · May 30, 1966
- JOHN ROBERT RIDDLESergeant · May 30, 1966
- BOBBY JOE ALBERTONChief Master Sergeant · May 31, 1966
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.