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GENE BERTAN NICKERSON
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
October 1, 1945 – February 26, 1970
Service recordGene Bertan Nickerson, of Coldwater, Michigan, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 26, 1970, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 59
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url No Warfare Specialty (1105)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- October 1, 1945
- Home of record
- Coldwater, Michigan (Branch County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1970; two of them were lost in Kien Giang Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 59
- DONALD F HARTZELL JRPetty Officer Third Class · February 26, 1970
- DAVID STIRLING REIDSergeant · February 26, 1970
- JAMES PAUL RICHARDSSergeant · February 26, 1970
- TIMOTHY ROY ROESpecialist Four · February 26, 1970
- GERALD MARTIN STAATSSpecialist Four · February 26, 1970
From Coldwater
- EUGENE WILLIAM CASWELLWarrant Officer 1 · May 27, 1966
- AUGUST HAROLD MONHOFCorporal · December 5, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER EDWIN LYONSpecialist Four · February 5, 1968
- RALPH LAVERNE GREENPetty Officer First Class · September 18, 1968
- REX FRANKLIN NELSON JRStaff Sergeant · May 10, 1969
- HAROLD FREDRICK HAWKINSCorporal · June 18, 1969
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.