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DICKIE OWENS NELSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 5, 1947 – April 28, 1968
Service recordDickie Owens Nelson, of Simpsonville, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 41
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Simpsonville, South Carolina (Greenville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1968; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 41
- ROBERT LOUIS MCDUFFYPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
- LEWIS CHARLES NELSONSpecialist Four · April 28, 1968
- ROGER NESTERCorporal · April 28, 1968
- VALENTINE AMBROSE OCHSCorporal · April 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS PATRICK KLAUSINGPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 39
- JOHN SMYTHE MANCHESTERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 52E, Line 40
From Simpsonville
- ROYCE EDSEL EDDLEMANSpecialist Four · April 21, 1968
- HILBURN M BURDETTE JRSergeant · July 12, 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.