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SYLVESTER NELSON JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 22, 1949 – August 6, 1969
Service recordSylvester Nelson JR, of Newton, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 6, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 105
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Newton, Texas (Newton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 6, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 6, 1969; two of them were lost in Định Tường 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 105
- AKKE JANS TIMMER JRSpecialist Four · August 6, 1969
- LAWRENCE O WOOLDRIDGESpecialist Five · August 6, 1969
- ROOSEVELT ABRAHAM JRCorporal · August 7, 1969
- LEO JOE ADAKAICorporal · August 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- SCOTT THOMAS NELSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 20W, Line 103
From Newton
- RICHARD LEE HADNOTLance Corporal · April 24, 1967
- TOMMY RAY MEDLEYPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
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.