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TERRANCE WILLIAM NELSON
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
June 6, 1946 – May 23, 1967
Service recordTerrance William Nelson, of Sacramento, California, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 91
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 155 AVN CO 52 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Sacramento, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 91
- CLIFFORD EARL KELSEYPrivate First Class · May 23, 1967
- JOSEPH DEWARD KINGPrivate First Class · May 23, 1967
- CURTIS OWENS MATIERSpecialist Four · May 23, 1967
- THOMAS EDWIN PETTISLieutenant (junior grade) · May 23, 1967
From Sacramento
- IRVING ALBERT SELFSergeant · May 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- CRAIG LOUIS HAGENSergeant · June 10, 1965
- DAVID LEVANT FELTPrivate First Class · August 17, 1965
- RICHARD GRIFFITH PHILBINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- PHILLIP ANTHONY LOTTAPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GILSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GERALD C HUNSBARGER IIIPrivate First Class · June 2, 1966
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.