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NELSON JEFFERSON JR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
May 18, 1935 – August 24, 1968
Service recordNelson Jefferson JR, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 24, 1968, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 4
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- May 18, 1935
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1968
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 4
- KURT KARL JOBST JRSpecialist Four · August 24, 1968
- GARY BREWSTER KILGORESpecialist Four · August 24, 1968
- LEWIS KINGSpecialist Four · August 24, 1968
- HAROLD FRANKLIN KLINESergeant First Class · August 24, 1968
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
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.