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RAYFORD NELSON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 22, 1947 – August 17, 1968
Service recordRayford Nelson, of Albany, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 17, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 34
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Albany, Georgia (Dougherty County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 34
- WILLIAM RICHARD CORCORANCorporal · August 17, 1968
- ARTHUR DONALD EDGERTON JRCorporal · August 17, 1968
- EDWARD KENNETH MILLERPrivate First Class · August 17, 1968
- WILBERT HOYT NEAL JRSergeant · August 17, 1968
From Albany
- JOSEPH EARNEST HIPPPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- BENJAMIN GEORGE SPEARSSergeant · March 7, 1966
- WILLIAM EARL COOPERColonel · April 24, 1966
- GLEN EVERETT WALLACEStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- ROBERT LEE BARNESPrivate First Class · July 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE DORSEYSergeant · August 16, 1966
- JOSEPH HUBERT GOINGS JRPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- DONNIE COLEMANSpecialist Four · September 7, 1967
- MARVIN ROYCE DAVISSergeant · December 15, 1967
- WILLIE JACKSONPrivate First Class · February 22, 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.