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SANFORD LEWIS NELSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 23, 1946 – December 6, 1966
Service recordSanford Lewis Nelson, of Laurens, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 6, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 16
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
- September 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Laurens, South Carolina (Laurens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 16
- AUTRY GREENStaff Sergeant · December 6, 1966
- THEODORE R MCELROY JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1966
- LAWRENCE EDWARD PAYNEMaster Sergeant · December 6, 1966
- JAMES ELSWORTH PITTSSecond Lieutenant · December 6, 1966
From Laurens
- JAMES CLIFFORD MCKITTRICKMajor · June 18, 1967
- DANNY STEWART THOMPSONStaff Sergeant · March 24, 1968
- CARY JOSEPH SMITHSergeant · April 19, 1968
- WILLIAM EARL WILSONSpecialist Four · June 10, 1968
- WILLIE ERSKINE MADDENCorporal · March 3, 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.