Officer Rank: Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 12-E: 8
Department: Beaver County, Utah, S.D.
End of Watch: 09/08/1980
Cause: Physical related incident
Age: 51
Length of Service: Unk
Sheriff Nelson died of asphyxiation by methane fumes while attempting to rescue a father and son overcome by methane fumes in an underground manure pit. The accident occurred on a dairy farm.
