Nelson, Donald Lee
Army Specialist 5

Donald Lee Nelson, age 30, from Saint Clair County Port Huron, Michigan .

Parents: Cecilla Crooker
Spouse: Jessie H. Nelson

Service era: Vietnam
Schools: Port Huron High graduate

Date of death: Tuesday, May 5, 1964
Death details: Killed when a twin-engine Caribou transport plane crashed in Vietnam shortly after takeoff.

Source: National Archives, Times Herald (1964)