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MCARTHUR NICHOLS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 8, 1942 – September 18, 1966
Service recordMcArthur Nichols, of Durham, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 18, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 114
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 8, 1942
- Home of record
- Durham, North Carolina (Durham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 10E, Line 114
- JAMES HENRY DUFFETT JRPrivate First Class · September 18, 1966
- TIMOTHY JAMES MCMAHONPetty Officer Third Class · September 18, 1966
- VINCENT FRANCIS MURPHYSpecialist Four · September 18, 1966
- JAMES PETER NARD IIILance Corporal · September 18, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES HENRY DUFFETT JRPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 114
From Durham
- WILLIAM B WATSON JRStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1966
- ALFRED L THOMPSONPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- JOHN MARSHALL BROWN IIIStaff Sergeant · April 7, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD FARRAR JRPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JAMES AUGUSTA RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · July 6, 1966
- JOHN MILTON HARRINGTONCaptain · September 19, 1966
- HAROLD LEE HARRISPrivate First Class · October 22, 1966
- FREDDIE LEE BURNETTESpecialist Four · December 27, 1966
- KENNETH JAMES DANTZLERSpecialist Four · April 1, 1967
- JAMES LESTER PARKERSergeant First Class · April 3, 1967
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.