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LARRY DOUGLAS NELSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 26, 1947 – August 18, 1968
Service recordLarry Douglas Nelson, of Royal Oak, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 18, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 46
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Royal Oak, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1968; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 46
- ROBERT ALLEN MCALLISTERPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- KEVIN JOSEPH MCARDLEPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- MICHAEL JAMES ONEILLPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- LEWIS WAYNE PAGEPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR LEROY DOILEY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 40
- HECTOR LUGO-MOJICACorporal · Panel 48W, Line 45
- ARTHUR SEABROOKSPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 48
- JOHN FRANCIS SULLIVANCorporal · Panel 48W, Line 49
From Royal Oak
- JOHN CHRISTOPHER KNAGGSCaptain · October 29, 1964
- ROBERT EDWARDS RAWLSCaptain · September 18, 1965
- MARTIN JOHN MASSUCCIMajor · October 1, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN TOWNSENDSergeant First Class · November 4, 1965
- JARMO ANTERO KARIPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- RONALD LOUIS POWELLLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- DONALD ALLEN SMITH JRPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- THOMAS EDDY BIRDSALLLance Corporal · November 12, 1966
- LARRY DAVID ROSSPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- DAVID FRANKLIN VANDERCOOKPrivate First Class · February 25, 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.