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DUANE MICHAEL NELSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 26, 1943 – October 10, 1965
Service recordDuane Michael Nelson, of Sioux City, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 10, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 116
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 26, 1943
- Home of record
- Sioux City, Iowa (Woodbury County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 10, 1965
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 116
- HAROLD MICHAEL HAMBRICKSergeant · October 10, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- HARRY EDWARD HIMMELREICHPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- ERNEST PRESIDENTSpecialist Four · October 10, 1965
Same unit, same day
- JAMES GRAYSON BERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 2E, Line 115
- RONNIE MARSHALL DUNCANPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 115
- JAMES WALTER FLOYDPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 115
- LAWRENCE ANDRE FRANKLINSergeant · Panel 2E, Line 115
- HARRY EDWARD HIMMELREICHPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 116
- ERNEST PRESIDENTSpecialist Four · Panel 2E, Line 116
- JAMES JOSEPH REILLY JRSergeant First Class · Panel 2E, Line 117
- EUGENE MERLYN RICKSergeant First Class · Panel 2E, Line 117
- WILFRED ROLAND ROBILLARDPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 117
- RONALD KEITH SCHUKARPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 117
- VAN WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 117
From Sioux City
- VERNON GLENN CHASEPrivate First Class · February 21, 1966
- DENNIS EDWARD BROWNPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- RONALD HARRY KAISERPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- FREDERICK WILLIAM LENNONSpecialist Four · October 17, 1966
- KENNETT KEITH SCOTTLance Corporal · October 19, 1966
- ROBERT ERNEST HARRISLieutenant Colonel · November 9, 1966
- JEFFREY MARTI KROMMENHOEKLieutenant Commander · October 25, 1967
- KELLY FRANCIS COOKColonel · November 10, 1967
- RICHARD JOSEPH BOESHARTSergeant · December 15, 1967
- WILLIAM GEORGE DOWNS JRLance Corporal · March 14, 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.