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GERMAN LEE NICHOLSON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
May 18, 1946 – March 21, 1967
Service recordGerman Lee Nicholson, of Crystal Springs, Mississippi, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 21, 1967, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 10
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- May 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Crystal Springs, Mississippi (Copiah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
95 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1967; three of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 10
- ROBERT LEE KASTERCorporal · March 21, 1967
- MILES JOSEPH MCLOUGHLINSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- PHILIP AARON MCNINCHPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- GARLAND ANDREW NEWHOUSESpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- DANIEL JAMES NEWMAN JRCorporal · March 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ARTHUR BROWNPrivate · Panel 16E, Line 130
- MILES JOSEPH MCLOUGHLINSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 10
From Crystal Springs
- TOMMY TRAXLER JRPrivate First Class · September 6, 1966
- WILLIE LEE THIGPENStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD SMITHLance Corporal · March 21, 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.