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LEON GROVER NELSON
Specialist Six · U.S. Army
June 29, 1937 – July 1, 1967
Service recordLeon Grover Nelson, of Garden Valley, California, served as a Specialist Six in the U.S. Army. He died on July 1, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 92
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Six (SP6)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Explosive Ordnance Disposal Specialist (55D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 133 ORD DET 6 ORD BN 1 LOG CMD
- Born
- June 29, 1937
- Home of record
- Garden Valley, California (El Dorado County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 1, 1967
- Age
- 30
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date July 1, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 92
- ANDRE EDWARD MARCOTTELance Corporal · July 1, 1967
- DAVID MARTIN PREDMORELance Corporal · July 1, 1967
- WAYNE M ROCKENBAUGHPrivate First Class · July 1, 1967
- ROBERT ARTHUR SAUCIERAirman Second Class · July 1, 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.