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NELSON TALMADGE NICELY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 4, 1947 – July 23, 1967
Service recordNelson Talmadge Nicely, of Clifton Forge, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 23, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 112
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Clifton Forge, Virginia (Clifton Forge (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 112
- HUGH ROBERT MCCABESpecialist Four · July 23, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH MCCARTHYPrivate First Class · July 23, 1967
- HARRY CARLYLE MCMICKENPrivate First Class · July 23, 1967
- ROBERT ALLEN NELSONSergeant · July 23, 1967
From Clifton Forge
- FRED EDWARD BARNETTEStaff Sergeant · April 26, 1967
- WILLIAM H HARRISON IIISeaman Apprentice · October 1, 1972
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.