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NELSON EDDIE WILSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 24, 1946 – September 1, 1965
Service recordNelson Eddie Wilson, of Hamilton, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 1, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 72
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- July 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Hamilton, Ohio (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 1, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date September 1, 1965; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 72
- JERRY LEE ROBERTSCorporal · September 1, 1965
- LOUIS DON ROYSTON JRPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- LESTER OSCAR BIEHL JRConstructionman · September 2, 1965
- DOUGLAS LEE FOLEYSecond Lieutenant · September 2, 1965
From Hamilton
- STANLEY SERGEANT SHAWLieutenant · February 11, 1964
- EUGENE LEE ELLWOODCorporal · October 3, 1965
- LEON PARNELL LAMPLEYPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- THOMAS FREDERICK BRUCKChief Petty Officer · January 10, 1966
- THOMAS EDWARD MILESPrivate First Class · March 29, 1966
- PAUL LEWIN CONRADPrivate First Class · May 24, 1966
- SAMUEL LEWIS HUFFMANPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
- KENNETH RAY BERTSCHSpecialist Four · September 13, 1966
- WALTER MARCUMPrivate First Class · September 29, 1966
- WILLIAM CARPENTER JRPrivate First Class · November 3, 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.