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MILES HENRY NELSON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 26, 1933 – February 11, 1967
Service recordMiles Henry Nelson, of Ft Benning, Georgia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 17
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 26, 1933
- Home of record
- Ft Benning, Georgia (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1967
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 88 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 17
- CLAUDE ALOYSIUS ONLEYPlatoon Sergeant · February 11, 1967
- ABRAHAM B REESEPrivate First Class · February 11, 1967
- RODERICK JAMES RODENBECKPrivate First Class · February 11, 1967
- OLIVER GILMAN ROWE JRStaff Sergeant · February 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLARD DAVID ARNOLDSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 16
- ABRAHAM B REESEPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 17
- RODERICK JAMES RODENBECKPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 17
- MARCUS DELMAR WHITESpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 18
From Ft Benning
- JAMES LANE TALLEYSergeant · June 19, 1964
- DAVID ARTHUR PURSERCorporal · March 16, 1968
- ROBERT HELM WOODCorporal · April 9, 1968
- ROLAND NATHANIEL BARNABYSpecialist Five · July 12, 1968
- DONALD WILLIAM BROWNCorporal · August 23, 1968
- FRED ORR JACKSON JRCaptain · September 5, 1969
- FRANKLIN LEE WEISNERMajor · October 10, 1969
- LEONARD THOMAS HIGDONCaptain · May 21, 1970
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.