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JOSEPH DAVID NICHOLS JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 23, 1947 – June 28, 1967
Service recordJoseph David Nichols JR, of Gary, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 28, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 80
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Gary, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 28, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 28, 1967; eight of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 80
- CHARLES RICHARD MULLAN JRHospitalman · June 28, 1967
- JOSE HECTOR ORTIZPrivate First Class · June 28, 1967
- WALTER PRZYBYLOWICZ JRPrivate First Class · June 28, 1967
- EDWIN LENARD SHUBERT JRFirst Lieutenant · June 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROGER LEE BLAKEPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 75
- THOMAS EDWARD BROOMEPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 75
- DUANE EARL CAVARZANPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 76
- ARNEL J DAVIS JRSergeant · Panel 22E, Line 76
- RODGER THOMAS GROSSSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 77
- DENNIS LEE HALLPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 78
- GEOFFREY LAWRENCE HAMFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22E, Line 78
- BOB RAYMOND LAYNEPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 79
- WALTER NORVEL LOCHERPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 79
- GRAHAM NORRIS LOWDON JRCaptain · Panel 22E, Line 79
- DAVID ALLEN MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 79
- JOSE HECTOR ORTIZPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 80
- WALTER PRZYBYLOWICZ JRPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 80
- ROBERT DUANE SNYDERSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 81
- DONALD FAYE SPICERStaff Sergeant · Panel 22E, Line 81
- KENNETH MICHAEL WRIGHTPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 81
From Gary
- JOHN ROBERT ACKERMANPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- TOM WILLIE BROWNSergeant · December 4, 1965
- JACK ELSWORTH LOCKEPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1966
- JAMES LEE EMMARTPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RICHARD WAYNE MCGEECorporal · July 1, 1966
- VICTOR MORALESPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- JOHN PETER SKORO JRFirst Lieutenant · September 13, 1966
- JOHN GREEN DICKERSON IIIPrivate · October 5, 1966
- ANDREW JAMES ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 2, 1966
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.