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GARY BRUCE NICHOLS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 11, 1947 – May 7, 1969
Service recordGary Bruce Nichols, of Melvindale, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- August 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Melvindale, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 18
- ALTON STARLING ELLISSpecialist Four · May 7, 1969
- ROY LAWRENCE MCDONALDFirst Lieutenant · May 7, 1969
- NORBERT MONTOYO-RODRIGUEZCorporal · May 7, 1969
- ROOSEVELT FRANKLIN PENNSpecialist Four · May 7, 1969
From Melvindale
- DANIEL KNARIANLance Corporal · May 20, 1966
- JIMMIE ANDREW HERRERACorporal · January 24, 1967
- CECIL DARRELL MCCANNSpecialist Four · March 7, 1967
- RICHARD WELLS SANDIFERPetty Officer First Class · November 3, 1967
- DOUGLAS ONEILL DAVISStaff Sergeant · February 22, 1968
- JOHN ALBERT KIMZEYStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1970
- JACK THOMAS NEGUSSpecialist Four · May 19, 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.