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GARY NELS NELSON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 24, 1944 – June 4, 1966
Service recordGary Nels Nelson, of Glendale, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 4, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 7
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 1 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- December 24, 1944
- Home of record
- Glendale, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 7
- JAMES NELSON SPANGLERFirst Lieutenant · May 19, 1966
- EVERETT EARL LIGHTSecond Lieutenant · June 4, 1966
- JEROME WALTER LITKEPrivate First Class · June 4, 1966
- JAMES LYONS JRStaff Sergeant · June 4, 1966
- RUSSELL EDWARD METZGERCorporal · June 4, 1966
From Glendale
- RONALD WAYNE MACKLINWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ALLAN JOSEPH ALTIERIPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- RICHARD WAYNE BILLINGSLEYPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- GLENN EDWARD INSPRUCKERFirst Lieutenant · September 17, 1966
- GARY THOMAS MCCLAINLance Corporal · December 24, 1966
- BRUCE DIXON PATTERSONLance Corporal · January 13, 1967
- STEPHEN FRANK BURLINGAMESpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
- LARRY ROY STEPHANSecond Lieutenant · May 1, 1967
- RICHARD DUANE KLUGPrivate First Class · November 14, 1967
- LARRY LEONARD MAXAMCorporal · February 2, 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.