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GEORGE WASHINGTON NELSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 4, 1943 – December 9, 1967
Service recordGeorge Washington Nelson, of Winnfield, Louisiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 9, 1967, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 4, 1943
- Home of record
- Winnfield, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 9, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date December 9, 1967; four of them were lost in Binh Thuan Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 69
- RALPH DAVID HALE IIPetty Officer Third Class · December 9, 1967
- HERMAN LINWOOD HILLPrivate First Class · December 9, 1967
- CHARLES JASMINESpecialist Four · December 9, 1967
- JAMES LAMPLEY JRPrivate First Class · December 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CLYDE RALPH COBURNCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 68
- LLOYD ALVAN DUNCANPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 68
- LESLIE RAY SLOANSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 70
From Winnfield
- FREDDIE MCWILLIAMSPrivate First Class · September 29, 1967
- POLLARD HUGH MERCER JRMajor · January 20, 1968
- VERNON MARTIN WALLACELance Corporal · August 26, 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.