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ROBERT ALLEN NELSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 2, 1946 – July 23, 1967
Service recordRobert Allen Nelson, of Alton, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 23, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 112
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Alton, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1967; 22 of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 112
- HUGH ROBERT MCCABESpecialist Four · July 23, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH MCCARTHYPrivate First Class · July 23, 1967
- HARRY CARLYLE MCMICKENPrivate First Class · July 23, 1967
- NELSON TALMADGE NICELYPrivate First Class · July 23, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES ARTHUR BARRETT IIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23E, Line 108
- DEAN MITCHELL BERANEKSergeant · Panel 23E, Line 109
- RONALD PAUL BLAESEPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 109
- STANLEY WESLEY DIXSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 109
- JAMES ROBERT FISCHERSergeant · Panel 23E, Line 110
- ROGER DWIGHT GOLDSMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 110
- JOSE ANGEL IRIZARRYPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 111
- LEMOYNDUE JARRETTSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 111
- SAMUEL ARLON JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 111
- STEPHEN LEBITZ JRSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 111
- GARY OWEN MOOERSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 111
- HUGH ROBERT MCCABESpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 112
- JAMES JOSEPH MCCARTHYPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 112
- CHARLES EDWARD OLIVERPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 113
- EUGENIO RODRIGUESSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 113
- JAMES JOHN SALTMARSHPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 113
- STERLING DWIGHT STEADMANSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 114
- RICHARD DOIL STINNETTSergeant · Panel 23E, Line 114
- LARRY IVAN SUTTONSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 114
- DANIEL TRAMELLPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 114
- DANTE VOLPONEPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 114
- BOBBY GENE WELLSPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 115
From Alton
- CHARLES ADAM MCGEEPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- ROBERT NELSON DAVISPrivate First Class · April 26, 1966
- HERMAN ROBERT ARMSTRONGPrivate First Class · August 22, 1966
- LEONARD WITCHER IIILance Corporal · September 15, 1966
- DENNIS LYNN DOOLEYSpecialist Four · November 10, 1966
- HERSCHEL LEE EPPS JRPrivate First Class · January 17, 1967
- STEPHEN ANDREW CHILDERSCaptain · January 19, 1967
- GORDON LEE HOGANStaff Sergeant · March 31, 1967
- RAMON J MORALESPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- FREDERICK H ELIZONDOWarrant Officer 1 · June 6, 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.