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ROBERT WILLIAM NELSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 15, 1951 – September 29, 1970
Service recordRobert William Nelson, of Rigby, Idaho, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 29, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 100
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
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 15, 1951
- Home of record
- Rigby, Idaho (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 29, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date September 29, 1970; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 100
- JAMES MILTON BENICEKWarrant Officer 1 · September 29, 1970
- EDWARD POLK MCCARTHY IIISpecialist Four · September 29, 1970
- IGNACIO MONTEROPrivate First Class · September 29, 1970
- WILLIAM JOSEPH ODSTRCILSpecialist Four · September 29, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES MILTON BENICEKWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 7W, Line 100
From Rigby
- JIMMY D NAKAYAMAPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- CONN KAY CLARKSergeant · July 31, 1969
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.