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DANIEL CLEMENT NICHOLS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 9, 1943 – May 13, 1969
Service recordDaniel Clement Nichols, of Westfield, New Jersey, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 13, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 107
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Officer (I) (0802)
- Born
- April 9, 1943
- Home of record
- Westfield, New Jersey (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
112 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 107
- DOMINGO FLORES MORADOSergeant First Class · May 13, 1969
- MICHAEL RAYMOND MUNCHCorporal · May 13, 1969
- DAVID LOUIE MUNOZSergeant First Class · May 13, 1969
- JOHN CHARLES NELSONSpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
From Westfield
- WILLIAM RICHARD HARDINCaptain · January 29, 1966
- ARTHUR CLIFTON RETZLAFFFirst Lieutenant · July 10, 1967
- RONALD JOHN SELIGLance Corporal · February 2, 1968
- RICHARD GARY LEWISWarrant Officer 1 · May 5, 1968
- ROBERT THEODORE MILLERSergeant · January 19, 1969
- RICHARD CONRAD BRUNNFirst Lieutenant · February 25, 1969
- JOHN WILLIAM PRICESpecialist Five · March 15, 1969
- ROGER JOSEPH BACHMANFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1969
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.