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HOWARD HAMILTON NELSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 28, 1949 – June 19, 1971
Service recordHoward Hamilton Nelson, of Yazoo City, Mississippi, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 82
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- March 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Yazoo City, Mississippi (Yazoo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 82
- DWIGHT THOMAS BLACKWATERFirst Lieutenant · June 19, 1971
- REGINALD WILLIAM FITCHETTSpecialist Five · June 19, 1971
- JOHN WALLACE HAYNESCaptain · June 19, 1971
- RANDY VICTOR HINESWarrant Officer 1 · June 19, 1971
From Yazoo City
- ERNEST PEPPER GULLEDGE JRCaptain · August 10, 1966
- PETER BROWN COOK JRCorporal · October 6, 1967
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.