Nelson, Roger Theodore, SSG

Fallen

Photo In Uniform

Service Details

Last Rank
Staff Sergeant

Last Service Branch
Infantry

Last Primary MOS
11B40-Infantryman

Last MOS Group
Infantry

Primary Unit
1965-1965, 11B40, C Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry

Service Years
1953 - 1965

Other Languages

German

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Minnesota

Year of Birth
1936

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Casualty Info

Home Town Barrett, MN	Last Address Barrett, MN

Casualty Date Nov 17, 1965
Cause KIA-Killed in Action	Reason Gun, Small Arms Fire
Location Vietnam, South (Vietnam)	Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Fort Moore Post Cemetery (VLM) (Formerly Fort Benning) - Fort Moore, Georgia	Wall/Plot Coordinates 03E 088/Section C-2 Site 262

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	1965, National Cemetery Administration (NCA)
	2013, Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Assoc. Page
	2020, The National Gold Star Family Registry

Photo Album (More...)

headstone

mall viet

Current Photo

Vietnam War/Defense Campaign (1965)/Operation Silver Bayonet I/Battle for LZ Albany
From Month/Year November / 1965	To Month/Year November / 1965
Description 400 men of 2-7 Cav ambushed by fresh troops of 8/66th PAVN. US. 151 KIA, 121 WIA, 4 MIA (recovered Apr 66). PAVN 403 KIA, est 150 WIA. US survivors withdrawn 20 Nov.