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FRANKLIN KING NELSON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 6, 1946 – August 14, 1970
Service recordFranklin King Nelson, of Arlington, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 14, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 111
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Arlington, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 111
- HAROLD DEAN HOLLIFIELDCorporal · August 14, 1970
- LESZEK STANLEY KARSZNIASpecialist Four · August 14, 1970
- HECTOR DAVID OYOLAPrivate First Class · August 14, 1970
- ALVIN LEWIS PEMBERTONSergeant First Class · August 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- SHERMAN FELTON ARMSTRONGSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 110
- HAROLD DEAN HOLLIFIELDCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 111
- HECTOR DAVID OYOLAPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 111
- DUANE EVERETT WALDRONPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 112
From Arlington
- DENNIS BOYD EASLEYSecond Lieutenant · July 20, 1966
- PAT WELDON MCGEESergeant · December 5, 1966
- CHESTER GALE JORDANPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN LASHERSpecialist Four · August 20, 1967
- SCOTTY LEE KEYESCorporal · September 1, 1967
- JOHN DARRACOTT HEFLINPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- ROBERT PERRY MILLS JRLieutenant · November 2, 1967
- EUGENE LUNSFORD CLAYStaff Sergeant · November 9, 1967
- KENNETH JAMES CANTWELLPrivate First Class · July 16, 1968
- GARY GENE GORDONCorporal · July 28, 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.