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STEPHEN CARL NELSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 1, 1947 – April 25, 1967
Service recordStephen Carl Nelson, of Great Falls, Montana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 25, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 87
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- May 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Great Falls, Montana (Cascade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 87
- DONALD HENRY MONAT JRPetty Officer Third Class · April 25, 1967
- CHARLES SARGENT MOORECaptain · April 25, 1967
- CHARLES MARION NEAL JRLance Corporal · April 25, 1967
- RICHARD CHESTER PRATTPrivate First Class · April 25, 1967
From Great Falls
- WILLIAM MURRE CHRISTENSENLieutenant Commander · March 1, 1966
- JOE DAVID KEGLEYPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- ROGER PAUL RICHARDSONCaptain · March 9, 1967
- JOSEPH GORDON KLEMENCICPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- LYLE ALBERT JOHNSONCaptain · October 5, 1967
- WILLIAM MICHAEL JOHNSONPrivate First Class · July 13, 1968
- MICHAEL FRANC HENDRICKSONFirst Lieutenant · July 25, 1968
- GLENN CHARLES FISHSergeant · August 27, 1968
- FRANKLIN NEWTON CURLStaff Sergeant · November 9, 1968
- RAYMOND ALLEN COLECorporal · February 23, 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.