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JAMES ALEXANDER NICHOLSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 28, 1948 – January 27, 1969
Service recordJames Alexander Nicholson, of Highland, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 27, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 3
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)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Highland, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1969; five of them were lost in Long An Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 3
- ROMAN GALE MASONSergeant · January 27, 1969
- PARIS WILLIAM MONTANEZPrivate First Class · January 27, 1969
- LEON DAVID MOORESpecialist Four · January 27, 1969
- WILLIAM DANIEL NUHFERSpecialist Four · January 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD CLARKPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 91
- JOHN EDWARD CONGER JRSergeant First Class · Panel 34W, Line 91
- AUBREY GUY DAVISCorporal · Panel 34W, Line 92
- JOHN DAVID KEELSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 2
- EUCLIDES RIVERASergeant · Panel 33W, Line 4
From Highland
- ROBERT ALEXANDER CAIRNSStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1966
- DANIEL DAVID YARNELLCorporal · November 12, 1966
- GARY MICHAEL BARNARDLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- DOUGLAS REX SEAVEYSpecialist Four · November 22, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY RODDICKPrivate First Class · June 26, 1969
- EDWARD THOMSON DAVIS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 26, 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.