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PAUL VINCENT NELSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 5, 1948 – May 31, 1969
Service recordPaul Vincent Nelson, of Belleville, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 29
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)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Belleville, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 29
- STEVEN LOUIS MARTINWarrant Officer 1 · May 31, 1969
- LESLIE T MCMACKEN JRLance Corporal · May 31, 1969
- RAYMOND LESTER MORRISPrivate First Class · May 31, 1969
- STEVEN CRAIG OWENSpecialist Five · May 31, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LEON EDWARD BARNARDPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 35
From Belleville
- HELDER ARTHUR C DASILVASpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- JOHN MICHAEL HOARPrivate First Class · February 13, 1966
- JERRY RICHARD DONATIELLOLance Corporal · November 20, 1967
- ROGER BRIAN CROWELLSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- DONALD BARON SAUNDERSPrivate First Class · March 4, 1968
- FRANK ANTHONY CANCELLIERECorporal · March 15, 1969
- WILLIAM ANDERSON BRANCHCaptain · June 6, 1970
- CARL LAWRENCE MICKENSCorporal · July 4, 1970
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.