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JOHN EDWARD NELSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 15, 1947 – April 13, 1968
Service recordJohn Edward Nelson, of Sacramento, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 45
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 45
- RICHARD ALLEN ESTRADAFirst Lieutenant · April 13, 1968
- DONALD LEWIS MANSFIELDPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- GERALD CRAWFORD MULLPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- JAMES LEONARD PARKER JRPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PATRICK HENRY COOK JRSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 40
- RICHARD ALLEN ESTRADAFirst Lieutenant · Panel 49E, Line 45
- GERALD CRAWFORD MULLPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 45
- RICHARD PEGUEROCorporal · Panel 49E, Line 46
- WAYNE A RHODESPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 47
- STANLEY SPIKESSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 48
- DENNIS JAMES YETMARPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 50
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 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.