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SCOTT THOMAS NELSON
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
July 31, 1946 – August 6, 1969
Service recordScott Thomas Nelson, of Boulder, Colorado, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on August 6, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 103
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 31, 1946
- Home of record
- Boulder, Colorado (Boulder County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 6, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 6, 1969; five of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 103
- GREGORY LEO MEYERSpecialist Four · August 6, 1969
- ANDREW MONTANIOPrivate First Class · August 6, 1969
- PAUL ALBERT NELSONCorporal · August 6, 1969
- DAVID MEDINA VALDEZSpecialist Four · August 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- SYLVESTER NELSON JRCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 105
From Boulder
- MANFRED BERTOLD MILLERSpecialist Four · October 19, 1965
- GARY W PLATTStaff Sergeant · November 3, 1965
- LADD ROBERT CONDYSpecialist Four · February 15, 1966
- ROBERT JAMES LAWLORAirman Second Class · September 4, 1966
- JAMES WILLIE ADKISSONStaff Sergeant · October 7, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT SHAPARDSpecialist Four · December 10, 1967
- CHARLES FRANK MCGOWENSergeant · May 6, 1968
- JAMES DOUGLAS PESCHELPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- DONN PETER ZARINASpecialist Four · March 1, 1969
- FRANK MARION STREAMERSeaman · August 9, 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.