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JULIUS DALE NELSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 12, 1949 – September 7, 1970
Service recordJulius Dale Nelson, of Tappahannock, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 7, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 44
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
- Locomotive Repairer (65B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- May 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Tappahannock, Virginia (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 7, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date September 7, 1970; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 44
- JOHN CALVIN DAVISStaff Sergeant · September 7, 1970
- GLENN HARRY ENGLISH JRStaff Sergeant · September 7, 1970
- DON MCCLELLAND JUSTICECorporal · September 7, 1970
- EDDIE JACK PADILLACorporal · September 7, 1970
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.