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LEROY A NELSON
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
December 19, 1931 – July 27, 1967
Service recordLeroy A Nelson, of Decatur, Illinois, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 27, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 19, 1931
- Home of record
- Decatur, Illinois (Macon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1967
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1967; 14 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 9
- PHILLIP MURRY MYLESPrivate First Class · July 27, 1967
- ROBERT WARREN NELSONPrivate First Class · July 27, 1967
- BRUCE MERLE PATTERSONEnsign · July 27, 1967
- BOBBY GENE PETERSONSpecialist Four · July 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM LEE AMOSSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 4
- JOHN CARL BIONDILLOPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 5
- MERL WAYNE FERGUSONSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 6
- MARTIN A FLEISCHMANNStaff Sergeant · Panel 24E, Line 6
- KENNETH LEVON HENDRIXSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 7
- DAVID LEE MEYERSSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 8
- BOBBY GENE PETERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 24E, Line 9
- ERNEST PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 10
- JAMES RUSSELL POPEPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 10
- RICHARD JOSEPH WEHRHEIMPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 10
- HAROLD EARL YOUNGSpecialist Five · Panel 24E, Line 11
- WILLIAM GAZARDSergeant · Panel 24E, Line 21
From Decatur
- ROGER HUGH MULLINSLieutenant Commander · February 17, 1960
- HERBERT J DEXTERMajor · September 18, 1965
- JAMES DARRELL WHITE JRPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- WILLIAM PATRICK FORANLance Corporal · March 1, 1966
- RONALD THOMAS SHELTONCaptain · April 10, 1966
- BRYAN B STOCKWELLPrivate First Class · September 20, 1966
- JOHN RUSSELL SMITHLance Corporal · October 5, 1966
- CARL GENE SMITHSpecialist Four · February 13, 1967
- STEPHEN RAY BANGERTLance Corporal · March 2, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS BRADSHAWPrivate First Class · March 18, 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.