Edward Nelson Jr. | |
Birth Date: | 17 March 1931 |
Birth Place: | Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Death Place: | Astoria, Oregon, U.S. |
Allegiance: | United States |
Branch: | United States Coast Guard |
Serviceyears: | 1953–1989 |
Rank: | Rear admiral |
Edward Nelson Jr. (March 17, 1931 – June 5, 2018) was a United States Coast Guard rear admiral. He was Superintendent at the United States Coast Guard Academy from June 1982 to June 1986.[1] He retired in 1989 after serving as Commanderof the Seventeenth Coast Guard District.[2] He died in 2018.[3] [4]