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WILLIAM IRVIN NELSON II
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 26, 1945 – March 24, 1967
Service recordWilliam Irvin Nelson II, of Clearwater, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 24, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 37
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 26, 1945
- Home of record
- Clearwater, Florida (Pinellas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 37
- LOUIS ANTHONY LEATHERBURYPrivate · March 24, 1967
- HARRY F MCGINNIS JRLance Corporal · March 24, 1967
- JIMMY DALE MOODYPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
- JOSEPH PATRICK MURPHYCaptain · March 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM BYARD HOLLOWELLCaptain · Panel 17E, Line 35
From Clearwater
- ROBERT LOUIS SANDNERCaptain · June 7, 1966
- BARRY RONAL DELPHINCaptain · March 20, 1967
- MORRIS FRANKLIN DIXON JRCorporal · May 9, 1967
- JOHN ROLAND BURKECorporal · June 6, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH VANVLECKPetty Officer Second Class · July 6, 1967
- BOBBY LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · September 24, 1967
- ROBERT FLOYD SHAWPrivate First Class · October 23, 1967
- JEFFREY DALE ANNABLECorporal · November 27, 1967
- CHET EUGENE MCPHETERSSpecialist Four · March 14, 1968
- MICHAEL JOSEPH SAUNDERSPrivate First Class · April 28, 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.