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DONALD EUGENE NELSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 27, 1937 – May 23, 1968
Service recordDonald Eugene Nelson, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 66E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 66E · Line 12
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 588 ENG BN 79 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- November 27, 1937
- Home of record
- Colorado Springs, Colorado (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1968; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “D CO 588 ENG BN 79 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 66E, Line 12
- JAMES PATRICK MCCOLLUMCaptain · May 23, 1968
- TIMOTHY ARTHUR MCGURTYCorporal · May 23, 1968
- STEVEN WAYNE OLSENCorporal · May 23, 1968
- TERRENCE EDWARD ONEILSergeant · May 23, 1968
From Colorado Springs
- RALPH ALLEN DUNNWarrant Officer 1 · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT ROMACKPrivate First Class · May 9, 1966
- DONALD ESTEL COOKSergeant · June 8, 1966
- CHARLIE FRAZIER JRStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- ROBERT DELL MOORESeaman · January 14, 1967
- WILLIAM ARCHIE JONES JRPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- JAMES OLEN MILLERPetty Officer Second Class · February 6, 1967
- BENITO ALANIZSergeant · March 19, 1967
- TIMOTHY JAMES IVESCorporal · April 30, 1967
- PAUL FREDERICK KIECKERLieutenant Colonel · June 17, 1967
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.