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HAROLD BARNETT NELSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 28, 1944 – June 2, 1966
Service recordHarold Barnett Nelson, of Medford, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 2, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 134 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 134
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 28, 1944
- Home of record
- Medford, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 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
15 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 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 7E, Line 134
- DOUGLAS MCARTHUR BURNETTSergeant · June 2, 1966
- HOWARD ANTHONY MESOYEDZGunnery Sergeant · June 2, 1966
- LEROY PAUL PRAIRIEPrivate First Class · June 2, 1966
- JOSEPH FRANK ROSATOCaptain · June 2, 1966
From Medford
- BERNARD JAMES CREEDSergeant · November 17, 1965
- ARTHUR ANTHONY FREDA JRSpecialist Four · September 3, 1966
- EARL KENNETH BURNS JRSenior Master Sergeant · November 26, 1966
- EDWARD CHARLES MCCARTHYLance Corporal · February 2, 1967
- WILLIAM FRANCIS MCCARTHYLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
- EDWARD WILLIAM ARGYFirst Lieutenant · January 10, 1968
- CHARLES AUGUSTUS YEOMANSPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- VINCENT ANTONIO MOTTOLAPrivate First Class · February 23, 1968
- CRAIG FRANCIS SWAINPrivate First Class · August 2, 1968
- SAMUEL RODGER CASTELLANOPrivate First Class · August 30, 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.