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STEVEN HOWARD NELSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 22, 1947 – December 10, 1967
Service recordSteven Howard Nelson, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 10, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 76
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
- Assault Amphibious Vehicle Crewman (1833)
- Born
- October 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 10, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date December 10, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 76
- WASHINGTON CARVER MABLEPrivate First Class · December 10, 1967
- WILLIAM ALLEN MACHACEKLance Corporal · December 10, 1967
- IRA JEROME MURPHREEPrivate First Class · December 10, 1967
- JOHNNY VILLARREALSpecialist Four · December 10, 1967
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 1965
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.