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DAVID REID NELSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 3, 1946 – July 4, 1968
Service recordDavid Reid Nelson, of Hutchinson, Kansas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 4, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 11
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
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- December 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Hutchinson, Kansas (Reno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 11
- WILLIAM ARNOLD BECKWITHLance Corporal · July 4, 1968
- EUGENE LYNN MARKWELLSpecialist Four · July 4, 1968
- WALTER JAMES ONEILChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 4, 1968
- LAWRENCE PINALESLance Corporal · July 4, 1968
From Hutchinson
- KENNETH LEE GLAZEStaff Sergeant · August 23, 1966
- KEITH D GRIFFINSergeant · March 16, 1967
- CHARLES FRANKLIN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · May 3, 1967
- JAMES DALE OSENBAUGHPrivate First Class · January 4, 1968
- RONNIE EUGENE ALVORDPrivate First Class · March 5, 1968
- MICHAEL LUND WILSONSecond Lieutenant · June 3, 1968
- GARY LEE BROWNINGSpecialist Four · September 18, 1968
- DENNIS BLAINE GREENSeaman Apprentice · January 19, 1969
- ROLLAND KEITH FRYSpecialist Four · May 2, 1969
- ROBERT CHARLES GREATHOUSEPrivate First Class · October 12, 1969
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.