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DAVID CHARLES NELSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 29, 1944 – May 30, 1969
Service recordDavid Charles Nelson, of Hollis, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 30, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 22
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 29, 1944
- Home of record
- Hollis, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 22
- HARRY MASSEYPrivate First Class · May 30, 1969
- EDWARD CHARLES MCGINNPetty Officer Third Class · May 30, 1969
- RALPH JUDSON MEARS JRSpecialist Five · May 30, 1969
- ERSKINE JAY OLIVERLance Corporal · May 30, 1969
From Hollis
- RICHARD HENRY GRUNBERGSpecialist Four · December 4, 1966
- ARTHUR ERIC FISHENDENLance Corporal · July 24, 1967
- LINWOOD CALVIN CORBETTSpecialist Four · November 6, 1967
- HENRY HERBERT MCGEEStaff Sergeant · November 7, 1967
- CLARENCE A ROUSSELL JRSecond Lieutenant · March 6, 1968
- JAMES BENJAMIN WHITTIERPrivate · June 27, 1968
- REUBEN MILEY JRLance Corporal · October 1, 1968
- JAMES ALAN COXStaff Sergeant · October 31, 1968
- JAMES HENRY HALLCorporal · September 22, 1969
- ROBERT OCHABCaptain · January 7, 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.