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ELI WAYNE NICHOLS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 19, 1946 – February 14, 1966
Service recordEli Wayne Nichols, of Lincoln Park, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 14, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 35
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Lincoln Park, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1966; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 35
- RICHARD EDWARD MARKSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- AITKEN L MATTHEWS JRPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- WILLIAM RITCHIE MCKIMPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- GENE CHARLES MILLIGANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
From Lincoln Park
- GERALD ANTHONY KOSAKOWSKISpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES WILLIAM POWERSPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- RICHARD DENNIS KAMINSKIPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- RONALD LEE BECKETTCorporal · April 27, 1967
- GARY WAYNE KLINELance Corporal · June 3, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN NELSONHospitalman · November 14, 1967
- VAUGHN THOMAS ONEILPrivate First Class · November 21, 1967
- JOHN FOLDVARY JRCorporal · March 17, 1968
- THOMAS JOHNSON BRADFORDCorporal · May 2, 1968
- MERL RUSSELL MEADOWSSpecialist Four · May 25, 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.