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DEAN RICHARD NELSEN
Fireman · U.S. Navy
November 24, 1946 – July 25, 1967
Service recordDean Richard Nelsen, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Fireman in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 25, 1967, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · 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. Navy
- Rank
- Fireman (FN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineman (EN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- November 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 104 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 120
- CHARLES DUANE MATTERNSergeant · July 25, 1967
- WALTER LESLI MCINTOSH JRCorporal · July 25, 1967
- CLIFFORD DALE NELSONMajor · July 25, 1967
- WESLEY PARKERSergeant · July 25, 1967
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 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.