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THOMAS LEON NELSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 18, 1947 – December 23, 1967
Service recordThomas Leon Nelson, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 23, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 52
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1967; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 52
- THOMAS ELSWORTH LAYNE JRSpecialist Four · December 23, 1967
- PAUL RAY MADDOXSergeant · December 23, 1967
- ANIBAL OYOLA-RABAGOCorporal · December 23, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · December 23, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOE EDDIE CARTERSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 50
- JAMES NOEL CLEMONSStaff Sergeant · Panel 32E, Line 50
- LEE BENJAMIN ZOELLERPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 51
- THOMAS ELSWORTH LAYNE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 52
- JOHN ROBERT PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 52
- RAYMOND CARL EUBANKS JRSergeant · Panel 32E, Line 53
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.