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ROLAND ALBERT NIELSEN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 4, 1944 – October 4, 1967
Service recordRoland Albert Nielsen, of Monahans, Texas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 4, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 49
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 254 MED DET USARV
- Born
- September 4, 1944
- Home of record
- Monahans, Texas (Ward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 4, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 4, 1967. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “254 MED DET USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 49
- LAWRENCE GALLEGOFirst Lieutenant · October 4, 1967
- WILLIAM ALLAN LILLUNDMajor · October 4, 1967
- MORRIS LAROSCO MCDANIEL JRColonel · October 4, 1967
- WALTER WILLIAM MORGANLance Corporal · October 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIE F GREENSpecialist Five · Panel 27E, Line 48
- LAWRENCE GALLEGOFirst Lieutenant · Panel 27E, Line 49
From Monahans
- WAYLAND KENT THOMPSONPrivate First Class · October 16, 1967
- ROBERT LEON CARMANPetty Officer Third Class · August 10, 1968
- ROCKY D ARMSTEADWarrant Officer 1 · October 5, 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.