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David W. Nelms |
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Wife: Gale
Children: David L., Brian E., and Amanda E. |
| In country 10/7/66 Phang Rang....10/20/66 assigned 1st platoon "A" Company location TUY HOA ROCK....my first casualty as a medic was Robert Wright (KIA) and one wounded (WIA). Still don't know first name and more were hit with shrapnel don't remember names.. |
11/30/66 TUY HOA OPERATION GERONIMO ..PHASE I in boonies 31 days..
12/24/66 KON TUM ....1/4/67 AWARDED COMBAT MEDICAL BADGE (CMB)... |
1/22/67 out of "A" company joined TIGER FORCE on HILL 1963 also made combat jump (PHANG RANG) about this time....
1/4/67 BANG TOY .....
2/15/67 THAN THIET lost ODOM (KIA) to land mine ...SGT. WOODS got frags all over him another SGT. got hit (4) that day..... |
4/12/67 KHANH DUONG
4/7/67 OPERATION FARRAGUT Highway I big operation 113 enemy (kia) 21 captured lots of weapons. |
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5/5/67 DUC PHOU lost JESSIE JOHNSON (KIA) land mine.
5/14/67 DUC PHOU 50 wounded low on medics 85 VC killed in 2 days.
6/4/67 DUC PHOU LONNIE BALTIS (KIA) ...(2) TIGER MEDICS (WIA).....
6/27/67 DUC PHO...our main ammo dump got blown-up...
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| 8/17/67 made E-5 SENIOR AID MAN....8/24/67 CHU LAI lost (4) medics (1)KIA (3)WIA...I was nine days short and was sent to TAC CP VC was trying to over-run it and we were firing artillery point blank range shot-needles down hill as they were coming in..very close call but I guess we made it because I'm writing this to ya...there is a lot I left out because of the bad memories. |
| Made it home about middle October 67. |
| Got a PURPLE HEART but it won't buy you a cup of coffee on the block.....can't say that the dates are right on but I was going by the dates on the letters I sent home.... |
| 4/6/2001 retired from federal employment of 15 years 100% disability and also 100% disability Social Security for my military service connected problems (PTSD) and degenerative bone disease, am waiting for VA to increase me to 100%. |
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