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FREDRICK ELLIS NIGH
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 13, 1945 – September 17, 1968
Service recordFredrick Ellis Nigh, of North Baltimore, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 17, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 18
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 13, 1945
- Home of record
- North Baltimore, Ohio (Wood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 18
- GARY HILLStaff Sergeant · September 17, 1968
- FRANK JOSEPH MCMANUSPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- WAYNE EUGENE MONISMITHSpecialist Four · September 17, 1968
- GREGORY STAN MUNDELLPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
From North Baltimore
- DALE LLOYD SPEIRCorporal · June 6, 1967
- MICHAEL EUGENE MOORHEADCorporal · June 14, 1970
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.