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NELSON EDWARD FOURNIER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 14, 1948 – May 2, 1968
Service recordNelson Edward Fournier, of Schenectady, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 6
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)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Schenectady, New York (Schenectady County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
113 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1968; five of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 6
- RONALD LEE FAVOURITECorporal · May 2, 1968
- JERRY FIELDSPrivate · May 2, 1968
- ROBERT BRUCE FINDLAYPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- WALLACE BILLANY FOARD JRLance Corporal · May 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL DENNIS CRAIGSpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 4
- LARRY SIMS MCKIBBENWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 54E, Line 13
From Schenectady
- CHARLES G H SUMMERSSergeant · March 31, 1967
- DOUGLAS PAUL HALLOCKCorporal · April 30, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH GULLIVERPrivate First Class · June 29, 1967
- RAYMOND LEE HYSONLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- CLEMENT FOSTER LAJEUNESSEGunnery Sergeant · August 31, 1967
- MICHAEL DIGNON LAYMONLance Corporal · August 31, 1967
- GEORGE BRUCE GUNNPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY PROTHEROLance Corporal · November 26, 1967
- KENNETH LLOYD FETTERSergeant · February 20, 1968
- ROBERT STUART CRAGIN JRFirst Lieutenant · February 26, 1968
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.