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HAROLD JAMES NICHOLES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 19, 1947 – May 22, 1968
Service recordHarold James Nicholes, of Salt Lake City, Utah, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 65E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65E · Line 14
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1968; ten of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 65E, Line 14
- RICHARD AARON MCCLAINLance Corporal · May 22, 1968
- WILLIAM THOMAS MCPHAILMajor · May 22, 1968
- JAMES RICHARD MUCKLEROYFirst Lieutenant · May 22, 1968
- TERRENCE PATRICK OBRIENHospitalman · May 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID BITANGA CAMACHOStaff Sergeant · Panel 65E, Line 6
- GERALD LEE ELLIOTTSpecialist Five · Panel 65E, Line 8
- WILLIAM DANNY MORROWPrivate First Class · Panel 65E, Line 13
- JAMES LEON ZIMMERPrivate First Class · Panel 66E, Line 5
From Salt Lake City
- DONALD VERNON MCGREGORCaptain · August 13, 1963
- REED GEORGE JENSENMajor · July 28, 1964
- FRANCIS JOHN DUNC DELMARKLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- DON RICHARD HOODCaptain · October 2, 1965
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1965
- ROBERT LEE STOKESSergeant · November 15, 1965
- ROBERT LEE CRAFTPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS PARKERSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- DAVID J BROADHEADPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- THOMAS GAVIN WALSTERLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1966
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.