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LEROY NELSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 2, 1949 – April 9, 1970
Service recordLeroy Nelson, of Theodore, Alabama, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 9, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 114
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Theodore, Alabama (Mobile County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1970; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 114
- LARRY COLEMAN KNIGHTLieutenant · April 9, 1970
- PAUL ALBERT LECRONELance Corporal · April 9, 1970
- JAMES DOYLE MACEStaff Sergeant · April 9, 1970
- JOHN BELK MULLISSergeant First Class · April 9, 1970
- DENNIS ODELL HARGROVESpecialist Four · September 24, 1987
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT DEAN BESCHSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 111
- HERMAN ALLEN CLAY JRCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 112
- DAVID PAUL EVANSSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 112
- JAMES DOYLE MACEStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 114
- JOHN BELK MULLISSergeant First Class · Panel 12W, Line 114
- CHARLES GEORGE SELMANCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 115
From Theodore
- ROBERT EARL BUCKLEYCorporal · March 4, 1967
- LEROY LELAND JRPrivate First Class · June 18, 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.