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ERNEST JAMES NICHOLS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 31, 1948 – January 2, 1968
Service recordErnest James Nichols JR, of Flint, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 2, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 21
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)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Flint, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1968; 22 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 21
- JAMES WILLIAM MCCAFFREYSpecialist Four · January 2, 1968
- WILLIE PETTY JRPrivate First Class · January 2, 1968
- FREDERICK ANDREW PINESpecialist Four · January 2, 1968
- TERRY DENNIS PITTSPrivate First Class · January 2, 1968
From Flint
- ROY E STOKESLance Corporal · June 4, 1965
- FRED TOINSSpecialist Four · October 12, 1965
- JAMES LEROY CRAGARStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1965
- DONALD CAMERON MCPHEEGunnery Sergeant · October 24, 1965
- WARDLOW WESLEY PARTEEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BILLIE NEAL PLUMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- RAYMOND CARL ROBINSONSergeant · March 30, 1966
- DENNIS A DESCOPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JULIAN B WILLOUGHBYStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD DOZIERLance Corporal · August 25, 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.