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CURTIS CARL NICKERSON
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
September 4, 1927 – March 16, 1966
Service recordCurtis Carl Nickerson, of Mineral Wells, Texas, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 16, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 15
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 4, 1927
- Home of record
- Mineral Wells, Texas (Palo Pinto County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1966
- Age
- 38
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 15
- CHARLES B JEFFRIES JRSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
- EDDIE L KNOXCorporal · March 16, 1966
- KENNETH MAX KNUDSONPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES KENNETH HUGHESSpecialist Five · Panel 6E, Line 14
- JERRY L ZEVENBERGENPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 16
From Mineral Wells
- HOMER LEE HODGES JRLance Corporal · September 9, 1968
- CLYDE DAVID WILKINSONCaptain · February 12, 1971
- TONY ANGUIANOSpecialist Four · July 24, 1971
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.