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RICHARD WILLIAM NELSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 18, 1947 – August 18, 1969
Service recordRichard William Nelson, of Valley Stream, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 18, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 64
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Valley Stream, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1969; three of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 64
- THOMAS LEE STRADTMANSpecialist Four · August 18, 1969
- DAVID RAMSEY TIBBETTSCorporal · August 18, 1969
- PAUL WARD VANDERBOOM JRSpecialist Four · August 18, 1969
- GARY EUGENE YOUNGPrivate First Class · August 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD RUSSELL BRUCKNERSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 59
- MARIO P DELEONCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 59
From Valley Stream
- RICHARD EDWARD GIDEONSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- TIMOTHY CHARLES REITHMANNSpecialist Four · February 3, 1968
- ALBERT FRANCIS LUPOLI JRSergeant · July 1, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN ABRUZZESA JRPrivate First Class · September 7, 1968
- MICHAEL CHARLES SAPORITOSpecialist Four · October 5, 1968
- ANGELO ANDREW PETRAGLIASpecialist Four · December 18, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL WALSHFirst Lieutenant · April 22, 1969
- HERBERT HUGH DILGERLieutenant · October 2, 1969
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MONTAGUEStaff Sergeant · February 12, 1970
- WILLIAM FRANCIS REICHERTCaptain · January 27, 1971
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.