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ERNEST NICK KROLL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 6, 1942 – September 16, 1967
Service recordErnest Nick Kroll, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 79
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 6, 1942
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1967. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 79
- JERRY VERNE HORNSpecialist Four · September 16, 1967
- WILLIAM GEORGE JERROSecond Lieutenant · September 16, 1967
- DARRYL DEAN SMITH LAWSONCorporal · September 16, 1967
- DONNIE RAY LUSKCorporal · September 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES MARTIN COLITO JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 26E, Line 78
- DONNIE RAY LUSKCorporal · Panel 26E, Line 79
- JAMES RICHARD SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 80
- JAMES DAVID WISECorporal · Panel 26E, Line 80
- LAWRENCE JEFFREY WOODSergeant · Panel 26E, Line 81
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 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.