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VERNON LEE NELSON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 29, 1950 – January 21, 1969
Service recordVernon Lee Nelson, of Glenwood City, Wisconsin, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 21, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 29, 1950
- Home of record
- Glenwood City, Wisconsin (St Croix County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1969; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 52
- TERRENCE W MCFARLANDStaff Sergeant · January 21, 1969
- NORMAN JAMES NOBLESPrivate · January 21, 1969
- JAMES HOLLAND PORTERCorporal · January 21, 1969
- MICHAEL ANTHONY RADZIECKIPrivate First Class · January 21, 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.