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ROY LANE NELSON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
July 24, 1947 – April 23, 1971
Service recordRoy Lane Nelson, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 5
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 24, 1947
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1971; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 5
- ROBERT MICHAEL FUHRMANCorporal · April 23, 1971
- DALE EDWARD SORENSENCorporal · April 23, 1971
- PATRICK WAYNE TERRYCorporal · April 23, 1971
- GEORGE HARDY WILLIAMS JRSpecialist Four · April 23, 1971
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 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.