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DENIS NICHOLAS
Captain · U.S. Army
May 15, 1940 – January 15, 1967
Service recordDenis Nicholas, of Venice, Florida, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1967, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ranger, Infantry Unit Commander (81542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- May 15, 1940
- Home of record
- Venice, Florida (Sarasota County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 37
- DONALD WILLIAM NEWTONPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
- RAYMOND SAMUEL ORRCorporal · January 15, 1967
- GEORGE ISAAC PADILLACorporal · January 15, 1967
- JOHN R PRINCEStaff Sergeant · January 15, 1967
From Venice
- RICHARD GROVER CLEVELANDFirst Lieutenant · November 17, 1968
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.