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HAROLD RICHARD NIELSEN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 4, 1941 – July 21, 1967
Service recordHarold Richard Nielsen, of Norwich, Connecticut, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 21, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 103
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- M CO 3 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- November 4, 1941
- Home of record
- Norwich, Connecticut (New London County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1967; 22 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 103
- WILLIAM EDWARD MURFFLance Corporal · July 21, 1967
- WILLIAM ALFRED POLLARDPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- LE ROY CARL RADTKE JRPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- JOHN WILSON RIVERSHospitalman · July 21, 1967
From Norwich
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNEELYCaptain · November 27, 1965
- FRANCIS CHARLES DONOHUEPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
- DAVID VAUTOURLance Corporal · August 16, 1967
- ALTON BROWNING SEBASTIANSpecialist Four · February 5, 1968
- THOMAS EDWARD DONOVANPrivate First Class · March 23, 1968
- JOSEPH JOHN GRILLO JRPrivate First Class · June 4, 1968
- AARON LIEB ROSENSTREICHSpecialist Four · May 11, 1969
- WILLIAM LINCOLN MARCYSergeant · May 20, 1969
- ROBERT LOUIS HOWARDSergeant · June 10, 1969
- ROBERT LEE PENDERGASTSergeant · April 13, 1970
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.