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JAMES RAYMOND NELSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 4, 1942 – June 11, 1967
Service recordJames Raymond Nelson, of Ludington, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on June 11, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 91
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 4, 1942
- Home of record
- Ludington, Michigan (Mason County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- June 11, 1967
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Presumed Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 21E, Line 91
- CURTIS RICHARD BOHLSCHEIDCaptain · June 11, 1967
- JIM EDWIN MOSHIERCorporal · June 11, 1967
- JOHN SANDERS OLDHAMMajor · June 11, 1967
- JOSEPH L PARKSCorporal · June 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DEAN EDDIE CLINTONChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 21E, Line 87
- THOMAS FREDERICK RIGGSChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 21E, Line 92
- RALPH EDWARD UHLMANSIEKStaff Sergeant · Panel 21E, Line 92
- QUENTIN RIPPETOE BEECHERChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 21E, Line 93
- JOSE HILARIO VELASQUEZPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 93
From Ludington
- ROGER ALLAN DAINSSpecialist Five · April 22, 1968
- RICHARD ROSS LANGECorporal · November 19, 1971
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.