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BENJAMIN ARNOLD NICKS III
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 9, 1946 – April 23, 1970
Service recordBenjamin Arnold Nicks III, of Shawnee, Kansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 42
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Shawnee, Kansas (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 42
- JOSEPH DONALD POGUEPrivate First Class · April 23, 1970
- JOHN WILLIAM SNELSONSpecialist Four · April 23, 1970
- LORAN EDGAR SWEAT JRSpecialist Five · April 23, 1970
- THOMAS DUANE WORRELLance Corporal · April 23, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL STEVEN CORREAStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 40
- GARRY LEE WORLEYCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 43
From Shawnee
- PAUL EDWARD WESTPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · August 11, 1969
- GARY RAY JACKSONSpecialist Four · September 8, 1969
- JAMES PETER HASSETTStaff Sergeant · June 5, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.