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LARRY NELSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 31, 1946 – January 19, 1966
Service recordLarry Nelson, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 19, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 79
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Personnel Specialist (71H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC 864 ENG BN 35 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- October 31, 1946
- Home of record
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 79
- RONNIE JOE HERRINGTONCorporal · January 19, 1966
- DENNIS EDWARD HIGGINSSpecialist Four · January 19, 1966
- LEANDREW SPENCER JRPrivate First Class · January 19, 1966
- CLAUDE WILLIAM THARPSergeant · January 19, 1966
From Baton Rouge
- THOMAS MOOREChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- GEORGE CARLTON MCCLEARYColonel · November 5, 1965
- PHILLIP HEASE HOLMES JRMajor · June 8, 1966
- WALTER LOUIS WELLSSpecialist Four · September 22, 1966
- CARROLL GENE HOGEMANCaptain · November 26, 1966
- WILLIE GRANT JRSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- LEROY JOHN OLIVER KLINGPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- WILLIAM BRIAN HAYSCorporal · November 30, 1967
- THOMAS DALTON BABIN JRFirst Lieutenant · January 4, 1968
- EMILE COLEStaff Sergeant · January 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.