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DAVID THOMAS NELSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 7, 1947 – April 13, 1969
Service recordDavid Thomas Nelson, of Hopkins, Minnesota, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 13, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 76
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Hopkins, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 76
- RALPH DAVID MCMURTRYSpecialist Four · April 13, 1969
- FRANCIS JOHN MELLAR JRSpecialist Five · April 13, 1969
- JOSEPH DUDLEY MELONSON JRFirst Lieutenant · April 13, 1969
- JOSEPH ANTHONY ORETOSergeant · April 13, 1969
From Hopkins
- DEAN ROGER ZIMMERMANPrivate First Class · April 16, 1967
- HERMAN JOHN BAERCorporal · September 22, 1967
- ERIC CRAIG EGGESecond Lieutenant · October 14, 1967
- CARL KOLLMEYERLieutenant · May 5, 1968
- THOMAS KOENIG SCHAEFERPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- FRED CHRIS KRAEMERSergeant · August 26, 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.