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BRUCE JOSEPH NICHOLS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 2, 1950 – May 21, 1970
Service recordBruce Joseph Nichols, of Lower Burrell, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 77
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Lower Burrell, Pennsylvania (Westmoreland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 77
- JOE DON RAMEYSpecialist Five · May 21, 1970
- JON WILLIAM RICHSergeant · May 21, 1970
- WARREN LEE SCANLAN JRSergeant · May 21, 1970
- JAMES LYNN ABLERSpecialist Four · May 22, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL STEPHEN MESICHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10W, Line 76
From Lower Burrell
- JOHN ANTONACE JRLance Corporal · July 7, 1968
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.