CPL Leroy Nelson (KIA)

 

 

PERSONAL DATA
Home of Record: Theodore, AL
Date of birth: 12/02/1949

MILITARY DATA
Service: Army of the United States
Grade at loss: E3
Rank: Corporal
Note: Posthumous Promotion as indicated
ID No: 421604032
MOS: 11B10: Infantryman
Length Service: 00
Unit: 1ST PLT, B CO, 2ND BN, 501ST INFANTRY, 101ST ABN DIV, USARV

CASUALTY DATA
Start Tour: 02/12/1970
Incident Date: 04/09/1970
Casualty Date: 04/09/1970
Age at Loss: 20
Location: South Vietnam
Remains: Body recovered
Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright
Casualty Reason: Ground casualty
Casualty Detail: Multiple fragmentation wounds

 

Nelson is honored on Panel 12W, Row 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington DC and is buried at Magnolia Springs Cemetery in Theodore AL

 

 

 

 

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