CPL ZACHARY NELSON

Noblesville, IN

Mission Accomplished on Jan. 9, 2016

Zach Nelson enlisted in the Marine Corps immediately after high school and deployed as a motor transport specialist with the 6th Regimental Combat Team in December 2011.

On July 5, 2012, Cpl Nelson was severely injured in a vehicle rollover in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, sustaining a T-4 complete spinal injury resulting in paraplegia from the chest down.

In 2016, Zach and his wife, Kiley, received a specially adapted custom HFOT home. They are proud parents to sons Camden and Beckham. Zach is a 911 dispatcher who enjoys hand-cycling and watching basketball and football. Kiley is a nurse at a surgical center.

The Nelsons refer to their HFOT home as a “personal haven” where they enjoy cooking together and gathering for movie nights in the living room. “Thank you to HFOT donors and supporters for the generosity and compassion you show toward injured Veterans,” says Zach. “Our home has provided me with a sense of security, independence, and comfort I never knew was possible.”