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HOMER DOUGLAS NELSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 3, 1943 – October 28, 1965
Service recordHomer Douglas Nelson, of Lake, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 28, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 3
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 3, 1943
- Home of record
- Lake, West Virginia (Logan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1965
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 3
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- JIMMIE RAY ORRPrivate First Class · October 28, 1965
- THOMAS PATRICK ROWLANDLance Corporal · October 28, 1965
- CARL J SADLERPrivate First Class · October 28, 1965
From Lake
- DANNY JOSEPH DOLINPrivate First Class · September 10, 1966
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.