A LIVING MEMORIAL FOR

FIRST LIEUTENANT JAN HOUSTON NELSON

UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS

Information from the Wall

1LT - O2 - Marine Corps - Regular
25 year old Married, Caucasian, Male
Born on Sep 09, 1944
From CLEARWATER, FLORIDA
Length of service 3 years.
His tour of duty began on Apr 11, 1970
Casualty was on Apr 11, 1970
in QUANG NAM, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, FIXED WING - PILOT
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND
Body was not recovered
Religion
PROTESTANT

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NELSON, JAN HOUSTON
Name: Jan Houston Nelson
Branch/Rank: United States Marine Corps O2
Unit: VMA 311 MAG 13

 

 

Date of Birth: 09 September 1944
Home City of Record: CLEARWATER FL
Date of Loss: 11 April 1970
Country of Loss: South Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 155719 North 1080148 East

Status (in 1973): Killed In Action/Body Not Recovered
Category: 2
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: A4E

Missions:
Other Personnel in Incident:
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Source: Compiled by P.O.W. NETWORK from one or more of the following: raw
data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA
families, published sources, interviews and CACCF = Combined Action
Combat Casualty File.
 
REMARKS:
 
CACCF/CRASH/PILOT/QUANG NAM
 
No further information available at this time.