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Nelson, William Humphrey, Col.
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Casualty Info
Home Town Filion, MI
Last Address Takhli RTAFB, Thailand
Casualty Date Jul 20, 1966
Cause MIA-Finding of Death
Reason Air Loss, Crash - Land
Location Vietnam, North (Vietnam)
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Colfax Cemetery - Bad Axe, Michigan
Loss Coordinates: 204557 North 1052059 East
Status (in 1973): Missing in Action
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: 09/30/77 REMAINS RETURNED BY SRV
CACCF CRASH/PILOT
No further information available at this time.
A review of Library of Congress holdings related to this case indicate that
documents differ wideley in their statements -
Document 457/0398-1-01/296-298 states William Humprey's plane crashed and
remains were recovered at the time. Date of this report was 06/04/97.
Document 101/14324/1-4 states there was a burial and grave site later found
by a refugee in Hoa Binh (Ha Son Binh) Province. Date of this report was
05/24/91.
NOTE: several months before his loss, Col. Nelson wrote a note to parents of
another POW/MIA, Don C. Wood. Wood's case is full of discrepencies,
questions remain unanswered.