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MARSHALL DAYLE NELSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 19, 1947 – March 10, 1968
Service recordMarshall Dayle Nelson, of Austin, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1968, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 10
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Austin, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 208 of its members that month.
He died in Binh Thuan Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 10
- LEWIS WAYNE MOOREPrivate First Class · March 10, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM MURPHY IIICorporal · March 10, 1968
- RONALD CHARLES OGLESBYPrivate First Class · March 10, 1968
- CHARLES OLIVERPrivate First Class · March 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD CRAIG BROWNSpecialist Five · Panel 44E, Line 4
- SYLVESTER E CONLEY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 5
- ROBERT RERASergeant · Panel 44E, Line 11
- JESSE ELLISON SCAVELLA JRSergeant · Panel 44E, Line 11
- STEPHEN MICHAEL WORLEYCorporal · Panel 44E, Line 13
From Austin
- RONNY LOUIS WOODMANSEEFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- NATHANAEL LEEPrivate First Class · June 29, 1965
- VICTOR FLORES JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- JOHN PAUL ROLANDLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- JOE MORENOPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- ALLEN ROBERT SPINKSSpecialist Four · January 4, 1966
- ERIC SACKETTPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- KENNETH DEE GILMOREFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- DANIEL TIENDACorporal · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS HOWARD CARUTHERSPrivate · April 18, 1966
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.