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PAUL ALBERT NELSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 12, 1948 – August 6, 1969
Service recordPaul Albert Nelson, of Maple Lake, Minnesota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 6, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 103
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Maple Lake, Minnesota (Wright County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 6, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- 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 August 6, 1969; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 103
- GREGORY LEO MEYERSpecialist Four · August 6, 1969
- ANDREW MONTANIOPrivate First Class · August 6, 1969
- SCOTT THOMAS NELSONWarrant Officer 1 · August 6, 1969
- DAVID MEDINA VALDEZSpecialist Four · August 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH MICHAEL HASHIN JRCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 101
From Maple Lake
- DUANE LEE MORNINGSTARPrivate First Class · September 7, 1967
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.