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RONALD ELWOOD NELSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 18, 1945 – January 7, 1966
Service recordRonald Elwood Nelson, of Braham, Minnesota, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 7, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 57
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
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- June 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Braham, Minnesota (Isanti County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 57
- GERALD VICTOR JOHNSONSergeant · August 24, 1965
- JAMES ROBERT LUTEStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1966
- MICHAEL RAY WEBBLance Corporal · January 7, 1966
- LOWELL FRANKLIN WHITEAirman Second Class · January 7, 1966
- ARVEL DEWIT AKERSLance Corporal · January 8, 1966
From Braham
- GARY RAYMOND BOECKLance Corporal · January 6, 1971
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.