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FRANK WILLIAM NELSON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 16, 1947 – February 23, 1969
Service recordFrank William Nelson JR, of Wilmington, Delaware, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 23, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 13
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- August 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Wilmington, Delaware (New Castle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; 83 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 13
- JESSE BARRERA MONTEZCorporal · February 23, 1969
- ORLAN MARVIN NELSONSergeant First Class · February 23, 1969
- DALE ALLEN NICHOLLSergeant · February 23, 1969
- CHARLES KEITH NOWELL JRLance Corporal · February 23, 1969
From Wilmington
- WILBERT RUDOLPH BUTLERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- FREDERICK E SMITHPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- EDMUND LAWRENCE SUDLERSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- JAMES VOELKEL DONNELLYSpecialist Four · March 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD PORTERSergeant · April 8, 1966
- ROBERT NIELSEN TAMSPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- ROBERT MICHAEL BOWMANPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- JAMES JOSEPH CONNELLLieutenant Commander · July 15, 1966
- WOLFRAM WALTHER BISCHOFSergeant First Class · February 13, 1967
- LOUIS ANTHONY LEATHERBURYPrivate · March 24, 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.