CHARLIE STEPHEN "CHAZZ" NELSON SR.
Rate/Rank
CAPT Service Branch
USN 12/1942 - 1/1950
USNR 9/1950 - 7/1958
Born
PELZER, SC 
USNR Midshipmens School, Columbia Univ, New York, NY
USS CLAXTON DD-571
USS NEW YORK BB-34
NROTC, U of Idaho
NROTC, Vanderbilt UNIV
NAVY & MARINE CORPS COMMENDATION MEDAL
NAVY PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION
NAVY EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL * AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL
ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL
WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL * NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL
ARMED FORCES EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL
VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL * NAVAL RESERVE MEDAL
PHILIPPINE PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION
PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL
REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM CAMPAIGN MEDAL
