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MAX E NICHOLS
Major · U.S. Air Force
June 6, 1929 – November 17, 1967
Service recordMax E Nichols, of Houghton, New York, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 17, 1967, in Thailand, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- June 6, 1929
- Home of record
- Houghton, New York (Allegany County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1967
- Age
- 38
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1967. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 11
- JOHN WILLIE PAGEPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- HUBERT JACKSON PAYNEPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- RONALD JAMES PERKINSLance Corporal · November 17, 1967
- RICHARD PAUL TEEVENSSergeant · November 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- REY L DUFFINCaptain · Panel 30E, Line 8
- KARL DIETER HEZELMajor · Panel 30E, Line 9
- THEODORE W JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30E, Line 9
- WILLIAM E MCDONALDMajor · Panel 30E, Line 10
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.