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NELS IVAR HEMMINGSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 20, 1950 – June 17, 1970
Service recordNels Ivar Hemmingson, of Geneseo, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 17, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 60
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 20, 1950
- Home of record
- Geneseo, Illinois (Henry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 60
- FRED CARL HENRICKSSpecialist Four · June 17, 1970
- WILSON BEGAY KEESpecialist Four · June 17, 1970
- CARL JOHN LAKERSpecialist Four · June 17, 1970
- CHARLES DEO MALONEYSergeant · June 17, 1970
From Geneseo
- IVAN LOUIS HELLERHospitalman · October 11, 1968
- CARL EDWARD KLEINAUSpecialist Four · April 30, 1969
- JOHNNY DELBERT VERSCHEURESpecialist Four · December 12, 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.