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ROBERT WARREN NELSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 4, 1948 – July 27, 1967
Service recordRobert Warren Nelson, of Randolph, Nebraska, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 27, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 9
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Randolph, Nebraska (Cedar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 9
- PHILLIP MURRY MYLESPrivate First Class · July 27, 1967
- LEROY A NELSONSergeant First Class · July 27, 1967
- BRUCE MERLE PATTERSONEnsign · July 27, 1967
- BOBBY GENE PETERSONSpecialist Four · July 27, 1967
From Randolph
- STANLEY DONALD GUBBELSSergeant · October 20, 1967
- JAMES MYRON MOSERSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- LARRY WARREN ROBINSONMajor · January 5, 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.