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JAMES WILLIAM NICHOLS JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 1, 1946 – February 26, 1968
Service recordJames William Nichols JR, of International Falls, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 42
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 1, 1946
- Home of record
- International Falls, Minnesota (Koochiching County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Ngãi Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 42
- GERARD MORRIS MCDONALDCorporal · February 26, 1968
- SAMUEL DUANE MCINTURFPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
- WAYNE B PLATTSpecialist Four · February 26, 1968
- MARK EDWARD POLICASTROPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN LEONARD STEWARTPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 44
- MONTE EUGENE VANSKIKEPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 45
From International Falls
- BARNEY KAATZSergeant First Class · April 6, 1962
- STEVEN OWEN SCHULTZPetty Officer Third Class · July 23, 1966
- ANTON PROSZEK JRSpecialist Five · April 27, 1967
- RICARD THOMAS BUNNISLance Corporal · July 14, 1967
- JERRY ALLEN LONGTINEPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- EARL MERRILL DENEENSergeant · April 27, 1969
- JOHN MARVIN STENBERGPrivate First Class · May 26, 1969
- RICHARD JOSEPH WHITECorporal · August 24, 1969
- WOODROW JOHNSEN EWALD JRCorporal · September 11, 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.