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JAN HOUSTON NELSON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 9, 1944 – April 11, 1970
Service recordJan Houston Nelson, of Clearwater, Florida, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 11, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 124
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Vma A-4 Qualified (I) (7501)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VMA 311 MAG 13 1 MAW
- Born
- September 9, 1944
- Home of record
- Clearwater, Florida (Pinellas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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 12W, Line 124
- RICHARD LEE HIGGINBOTHAMCorporal · April 11, 1970
- EDWARD EMANUEL HOWARDSpecialist Four · April 11, 1970
- GARY DONALD JEFFERSONSergeant · April 11, 1970
- RONNIE LLOYD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 11, 1970
From Clearwater
- ROBERT LOUIS SANDNERCaptain · June 7, 1966
- BARRY RONAL DELPHINCaptain · March 20, 1967
- WILLIAM IRVIN NELSON IIPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
- MORRIS FRANKLIN DIXON JRCorporal · May 9, 1967
- JOHN ROLAND BURKECorporal · June 6, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH VANVLECKPetty Officer Second Class · July 6, 1967
- BOBBY LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · September 24, 1967
- ROBERT FLOYD SHAWPrivate First Class · October 23, 1967
- JEFFREY DALE ANNABLECorporal · November 27, 1967
- CHET EUGENE MCPHETERSSpecialist Four · March 14, 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.