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GEORGE P NICHOLSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 9, 1946 – January 27, 1968
Service recordGeorge P Nicholson, of Jackson, Tennessee, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 27, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 49
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Jackson, Tennessee (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1968; two 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 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 49
- WAYNE CHESTER MYERSCorporal · January 27, 1968
- THOMAS JACK PENNINGTONPrivate First Class · January 27, 1968
- JOHN LEE PRICHARDCaptain · January 27, 1968
- FRANK RAYMOND JRPrivate First Class · January 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RUBE ARTHUR COX JRSergeant · Panel 35E, Line 45
- MICHAEL VIRGIL PETERSONCorporal · Panel 35E, Line 48
- WILLIAM HENRY SCHEIBER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 50
- LARRY WRIGHTSergeant · Panel 35E, Line 50
From Jackson
- CARL J SADLERPrivate First Class · October 28, 1965
- BOBBY C VINSONPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- ISAAC E HUNT JRSpecialist Four · August 2, 1966
- JOHN WESLEY FERRELLPrivate First Class · January 18, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD CLARKPrivate First Class · January 19, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD MIDCALFPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- BENNIE RAY JONESPrivate · May 17, 1968
- WILLIE GENE COOPERPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
- RONALD DAVID HUTCHERSONSergeant · September 6, 1968
- GEORGE ALLEN YARBROUGHCorporal · September 17, 1968
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.