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DAVID BRUCE NELSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 19, 1946 – July 3, 1967
Service recordDavid Bruce Nelson, of Comstock, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 3, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 120
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Unit (as recorded)
- H CO 2 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- March 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Comstock, Michigan (Kalamazoo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 120
- FRANK ROSS ALLENDER JRLance Corporal · July 3, 1967
- TIMOTHY MATTHEW FLAMMERSpecialist Four · July 3, 1967
- JAMES HARVEY HINSONSergeant First Class · July 3, 1967
- MARVIN RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · July 3, 1967
From Comstock
- DALE LEE FUNKSpecialist Four · November 25, 1965
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.