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RICHARD ALLEN NELSON
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
December 3, 1947 – November 14, 1967
Service recordRichard Allen Nelson, of Lincoln Park, Michigan, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 14, 1967, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 97
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- ADV TM 54 MACV
- Born
- December 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Lincoln Park, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1967; two of them were lost in Kien Giang Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 97
- RUSSELL FRANK MCLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · November 14, 1967
- RONALD JOSEPH PHELPSCorporal · November 14, 1967
- LARUS WAYNE ROLANDWarrant Officer 1 · November 14, 1967
- JOHN CHARLES RUBINSMajor · November 14, 1967
From Lincoln Park
- GERALD ANTHONY KOSAKOWSKISpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES WILLIAM POWERSPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- ELI WAYNE NICHOLSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- RICHARD DENNIS KAMINSKIPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- RONALD LEE BECKETTCorporal · April 27, 1967
- GARY WAYNE KLINELance Corporal · June 3, 1967
- VAUGHN THOMAS ONEILPrivate First Class · November 21, 1967
- JOHN FOLDVARY JRCorporal · March 17, 1968
- THOMAS JOHNSON BRADFORDCorporal · May 2, 1968
- MERL RUSSELL MEADOWSSpecialist Four · May 25, 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.