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JAMES NICKENS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 25, 1943 – February 24, 1969
Service recordJames Nickens, of Rembert, South Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 38
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 25, 1943
- Home of record
- Rembert, South Carolina (Sumter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1969; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 38
- ANGUS W MCALLISTER JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 24, 1969
- BYRON DEAN MCQUINNCorporal · February 24, 1969
- JIMMY LEE MYERSSergeant First Class · February 24, 1969
- JOHN CHARLES ODLEPrivate First Class · February 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HARLAN LESLIE HAHNSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 35
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.