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ROBERT CHARLES NELSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 8, 1948 – July 4, 1967
Service recordRobert Charles Nelson, of Milford, Connecticut, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 4, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 5
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Milford, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1967; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 5
- CHARLES HENRY MCFARLANDCorporal · July 4, 1967
- RICHARD LEE MCKINNELLPrivate First Class · July 4, 1967
- MELVIN EARL NEWLINPrivate First Class · July 4, 1967
- ROGER KAY NORTONPrivate First Class · July 4, 1967
From Milford
- JEFFERY RAYMOND MALONEYCorporal · April 26, 1967
- PAUL JOSEPH BRAUNLance Corporal · April 28, 1967
- HENRY MICHAEL SARMENTOCorporal · May 19, 1967
- RICHARD DOUGLAS CONKLINPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN BANNON JRSpecialist Four · April 11, 1969
- THOMAS DANIEL TIGHESergeant · January 10, 1970
- CLIFFORD E PARSONS JRPrivate First Class · July 17, 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.