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Staff Sergeant Earl Nelson served in the U.S. Army. Earl served with the 173 AIRBORNE BDE. Earl served in the Vietnam War and the Cold War. Earl was 26 years old.
How He Died
Manner
Accident
Cause
Injury, unspecified
Circumstance
Accident in theatre
Place
Binh Dinh
Service Record
U.S. Army
Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
INDIRECT FIRE INFANTRYMAN
BINH DINH
1971
Pay grade E06.
Conflicts
Awards & Decorations
6
Foreign awards
Memorials
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Earl Nelson
Staff Sergeant
U.S. Army
- 1971
503rd Infantry Regiment
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