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WAYNE HERMAN NELSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 25, 1943 – June 21, 1966
Service recordWayne Herman Nelson, of Hampton Beach, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 21, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 72
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 25, 1943
- Home of record
- Hampton Beach, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 72
- BRUCE MARK JOHNSONSpecialist Five · June 21, 1966
- BENJAMIN F LIDDELL IIIPrivate First Class · June 21, 1966
- JOHN ROY MARKILLIEPetty Officer Third Class · June 21, 1966
- FREDERICK LEE RYANPrivate First Class · June 21, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES GREGORY CONDON IIISpecialist Five · Panel 8E, Line 71
- JOSEPH HENRY COOPER JRSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 71
- MICHAEL ROBERT HALLPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 71
- BRUCE MARK JOHNSONSpecialist Five · Panel 8E, Line 72
- BENJAMIN F LIDDELL IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 72
- FREDERICK LEE RYANPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 72
- FREDRICK HAZER VESTERSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 73
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.