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ROBERT DWAYNE NELSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 12, 1946 – October 8, 1967
Service recordRobert Dwayne Nelson, of Knoxville, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 8, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 74
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Communications Center Specialist (72B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 4 BN 12 INF 199 LIB
- Born
- August 12, 1946
- Home of record
- Knoxville, Tennessee (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1967. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 74
- BERNIE CHARLE KRIDLER IIIPrivate First Class · October 8, 1967
- TERRANCE HENRY LARSONSpecialist Four · October 8, 1967
- JOHN SANFORD MARTINFirst Lieutenant · October 8, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM MCMASTERPrivate First Class · October 8, 1967
From Knoxville
- GARY D SMITHPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- WAYNE THOMAS LONGPrivate · December 27, 1965
- RAYMOND LEE HILLSergeant · January 30, 1966
- TOMMY EDWARD HILLPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1966
- HUGH ALLEN LOVEPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT MCLEMOREPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- DONALD RICHARD LUMLEYSecond Lieutenant · March 4, 1966
- JESSE J COFFEYSergeant · April 1, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM WOOLIVERLance Corporal · May 4, 1966
- JOHN HENRY MORGANPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
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.