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DAVID LEONARD NICHOLSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 29, 1949 – November 30, 1969
Service recordDavid Leonard Nicholson, of San Diego, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 30, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 10
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- March 29, 1949
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 10
- THOMAS HOWARD JONESSergeant · November 30, 1969
- DONALD LEE KINGERYFirst Lieutenant · November 30, 1969
- ROBERT KENNETH PARKERSergeant · November 30, 1969
- CLAUDE BENTON ROGERSSpecialist Four · November 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JIMMY REA BURKSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 9
- ROBERT EUGENE VANDERGRIFFSergeant · Panel 15W, Line 11
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1966
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.