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NELS VERN ROSENLUND II
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 2, 1944 – September 21, 1969
Service recordNels Vern Rosenlund II, of Arcata, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 21, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 121
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 2, 1944
- Home of record
- Arcata, California (Humboldt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 121
- GREGG WILLIAM HEIDRICHPrivate First Class · September 21, 1969
- JAMES WESLEY JACKSON JRGunnery Sergeant · September 21, 1969
- NATHANIEL JACKSON JRCaptain · September 21, 1969
- TOBY EDWARD JAECKELSSergeant · September 21, 1969
From Arcata
- ALAN EUGENE HENDRICKSONCaptain · August 3, 1967
- MARVIN EDWARD MCLELLANDCorporal · June 6, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT RUSSELLPrivate First Class · January 30, 1969
- LARRY THOMAS ROSSSpecialist Four · February 20, 1969
- BYRON BILL BOWDENSpecialist Four · May 31, 1969
- KELLY STUART MORRISSergeant · July 26, 1969
- JAMES CLARK MCGLASSONPrivate First Class · August 26, 1969
- ROGER DALE LOWERYLance Corporal · September 14, 1969
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.