NELSON, WILLIAM HUMPHREY

Name: William Humphrey Nelson
Branch/Rank: United States Air Force/O6
Unit:
Date of Birth: 24 September 1917
Home City of Record: FILION MI
Date of Loss: 20 July 1966
Country of Loss: North Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 204557 North  1052059 East
Status (in 1973): Missing in Action
Category: 1
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: F105D #0116
Missions:
Other Personnel in Incident:
Refno: 0398

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. 2016

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 widely 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 discrepancies,
questions remain unanswered.