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JERRY ALLEN NICHOLS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
February 5, 1949 – June 26, 1969
Service recordJerry Allen Nichols, of Portage, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 26, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wheeled Tractor Operator (62L)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 687 ENG CO LAND CLEAR USARV
- Born
- February 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Portage, Wisconsin (Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 26, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 19
- JAMES LEO PLUMLEE JRSpecialist Four · June 26, 1969
- ROBERT EMIL RATHSpecialist Four · June 26, 1969
- WILLIAM HENRY RODDICKPrivate First Class · June 26, 1969
- OTIS JAMES RUCKSSpecialist Four · June 26, 1969
From Portage
- LLOYD STEVEN SMITHFirst Lieutenant · November 10, 1966
- DAVID JOHN WILCOXLance Corporal · November 22, 1968
- ALLEN FREDERICK GROTZKESpecialist Four · November 15, 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.