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LARRY THOMAS NELSON
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
December 31, 1944 – July 30, 1966
Service recordLarry Thomas Nelson, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 30, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 90
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 31, 1944
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 30, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date July 30, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 90
- CHARLES EDWARD MCGARVEYPrivate First Class · July 30, 1966
- CLARENCE LEE SEXTONMaster Sergeant · July 30, 1966
- JOSEPH CLINTON BROWNCorporal · July 31, 1966
- RICHARD MIGUEL HARTNELLPrivate First Class · July 31, 1966
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 1965
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.