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DANIEL RUSSELL NIDDS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 23, 1948 – April 21, 1967
Service recordDaniel Russell Nidds, of West Islip, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on April 21, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 62
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 23, 1948
- Home of record
- West Islip, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- April 21, 1967
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 18E, Line 62
- RONALD KEITH NEALPetty Officer Third Class · April 21, 1967
- MAURICE JOSEPH OCALLAGHANPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH OWENSCorporal · April 21, 1967
- BRUCE CARLTON PARMELEEPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- PAUL ALFRED HASENBECKStaff Sergeant · Panel 18E, Line 60
- THOMAS ANGELO MANGINOStaff Sergeant · Panel 18E, Line 61
- DAVID MARSHALL WINTERSStaff Sergeant · Panel 18E, Line 66
From West Islip
- WILLIAM BRIAN MONAHANPrivate First Class · July 14, 1967
- THOMAS FRANK POSTCorporal · September 3, 1968
- LEONARD SELANIKIOCaptain · September 6, 1968
- JAMES RALPH COOPERPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
- VAUGHN DAVID CONNELLWarrant Officer 1 · March 20, 1969
- DAVID FREDERICK BUKOWSKISpecialist Four · May 13, 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.