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LARRY J NICHOLS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 25, 1945 – April 3, 1966
Service recordLarry J Nichols, of Blue Mountain, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 81
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Blue Mountain, Alabama (Calhoun County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 81
- KENNETH D GOLDEN JRSpecialist Four · April 3, 1966
- ARTHUR CYRUS MORRIS JRSergeant · April 3, 1966
- CASIMIRO PALACIOSStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1966
- JOSEPH W PARENTCaptain · April 3, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHNNY B BOSTONPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 79
- ROGER DALE JARRELLPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 80
- ARTHUR CYRUS MORRIS JRSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 81
- HAMP JUROME SYKES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 82
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.