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COLIN KEITH NICHOLS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 11, 1942 – July 20, 1966
Service recordColin Keith Nichols, of Spartansburg, Pennsylvania, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 20, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 49
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 11, 1942
- Home of record
- Spartansburg, Pennsylvania (Crawford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 49
- CRAIG ROLAND NOBERTMajor · July 20, 1966
- BRADLEY ALAN PEARSONPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- DAVID E PETERSWarrant Officer 1 · July 20, 1966
- CHARLES SAMUEL RIDOUTSpecialist Five · July 20, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CLIFFORD SHERAN BRATCHERSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 44
- CLIFFORD LEE CARPENTERPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 46
- DENNIS BOYD EASLEYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 9E, Line 46
- DOUGLAS MASON KYSERPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 47
- DAVID E PETERSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 9E, Line 49
- CHARLES SAMUEL RIDOUTSpecialist Five · Panel 9E, Line 49
- CHARLES WENDLE SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 50
- DONALD COLES WOODRUFFCaptain · Panel 9E, Line 50
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.