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DOUGLAS ELLSWORTH NICHOLS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 19, 1942 – February 27, 1967
Service recordDouglas Ellsworth Nichols, of San Pedro, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 27, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · 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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- April 19, 1942
- Home of record
- San Pedro, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 107
- JOSE REYMUNDO LOZANOPrivate First Class · February 27, 1967
- SAMMY FRANKLIN MONROELance Corporal · February 27, 1967
- CHARLES STEVEN NORRISPrivate First Class · February 27, 1967
- TIMOTHY EUGENE PERRYPrivate First Class · February 27, 1967
From San Pedro
- PAUL JOSEPH MARQUEZSpecialist Four · September 9, 1965
- DONALD STEPHEN NEWTONSergeant First Class · February 26, 1966
- MOLIMAU ASOMALIU TELASergeant · April 13, 1966
- RALPH PAUL VILLEGASPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- STEVE BUTOROVICCorporal · May 2, 1968
- FREDDIE JOE CIGARPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- LAWRENCE PINALESLance Corporal · July 4, 1968
- WILLIAM ARTHUR HEEPLieutenant · August 24, 1968
- DAVID PATRICK DOLANLance Corporal · January 26, 1969
- JOHN ANTHONY BURICH JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 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.