Fort Hood sergeant faces Iraq court-martial on murder charge

July 1, 2003

By Steven Kreytak and Kate Alexander
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF

Sgt. Oscar Nelson was ordered last week to face a general court-martial on a charge of unpremeditated murder. He is accused of driving a Humvee erratically and too fast in the dark on May 21, causing the vehicle to crash and killing Spc. Nathaniel Caldwell Jr., 27, according to a statement from the 4th Infantry Division Mechanized, based at Fort Hood.