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DONALD LEE NELSON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 20, 1933 – May 5, 1964
Service recordDonald Lee Nelson, of Port Huron, Michigan, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 52
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Multi-Engine Medium Transport Airplane Mechanic (67J)
- Born
- August 20, 1933
- Home of record
- Port Huron, Michigan (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1964
- Age
- 30
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1964. In May 1964, 15 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 52
- WILLIAM CHESTER OSBORNCaptain · May 5, 1964
- FRANK THORNTON JRSpecialist Five · May 5, 1964
- BILLY DUANE GOODSpecialist Five · May 16, 1964
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
From Port Huron
- KENNETH DALE MIDDLETONSpecialist Four · February 28, 1966
- JOHN J BAILEYPrivate First Class · January 10, 1967
- JOHN FREDERICK ANTHONYCorporal · February 1, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD PERRYLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER JAMES OLEKSASpecialist Four · May 11, 1967
- JACK EDWIN TELLINGPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- GEORGE PATRICK BARRETTCorporal · October 27, 1967
- RICHARD JAMES GROATPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- JOHN LEE KOEBKESpecialist Four · April 19, 1968
- RICKEY LEE CHRANLance Corporal · April 27, 1968
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.