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JERRY RUSSELL NICHOLS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 26, 1947 – April 11, 1968
Service recordJerry Russell Nichols, of Windham, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 11, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 24
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- November 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Windham, Ohio (Portage County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1968; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 24
- JAMES RICHARD MCCLELLANDGunnery Sergeant · April 11, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM MCFARLANEPrivate First Class · April 11, 1968
- BRUCE FRANCIS MCMILLANCaptain · April 11, 1968
- JOHN ARLEIGH NIXONCorporal · April 11, 1968
From Windham
- WALLACE EDWIN BAKERStaff Sergeant · January 2, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD SULLINGERCorporal · June 15, 1968
- SHERL KENT BONNETTPrivate First Class · December 19, 1968
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.