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EARNEST GLYNN NELSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 20, 1937 – July 5, 1967
Service recordEarnest Glynn Nelson, of Natchez, Mississippi, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 5, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Communications Center Specialist (72B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC USASTRATCOM 1 SIG BDE
- Born
- October 20, 1937
- Home of record
- Natchez, Mississippi (Adams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1967
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 13
- WARD KENT DODGEColonel · July 5, 1967
- FRANCIS GEORGE MONINCorporal · July 5, 1967
- ROBERT LEE MORNINGSTARStaff Sergeant · July 5, 1967
- ROBERT STERLING MUMMERTSpecialist Four · July 5, 1967
From Natchez
- JOHNNIE LEE BROWNPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- CALVIN DOUGLAS HALFORDPrivate First Class · September 3, 1966
- CLARENCE EDWARD WASHINGTONPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
- DAVID E JOHNSONSergeant · June 22, 1967
- ROBERT LOGAN WICKLIFFEPetty Officer Third Class · January 22, 1968
- JAMES JOHNSON JRSpecialist Four · May 21, 1968
- RICHARD DENNIS RANDALLSpecialist Four · December 3, 1968
- JERRY WAYNE LOFTONSpecialist Four · April 14, 1970
- THOMAS WARING BENNETT JRMajor · December 22, 1972
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.