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JAMES ELLSWORTH NICOLAISEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 3, 1949 – April 15, 1968
Service recordJames Ellsworth Nicolaisen, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 15, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 6
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mechanical Maintenance Helper (63A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- December 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1968; ten of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 6
- WILLIAM L MATTHEWS JRLance Corporal · April 15, 1968
- JAMES THOMAS MCMASTERSpecialist Five · April 15, 1968
- JAMES HARDIN METZColonel · April 15, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH OBRIENSecond Lieutenant · April 15, 1968
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.