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MICHAEL KENT NICKERSON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 30, 1943 – April 14, 1969
Service recordMichael Kent Nickerson, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 14, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 80
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Ch-46 Qualified (7562)
- Born
- December 30, 1943
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 80
- NORMAN CECIL BYRDLance Corporal · April 14, 1969
- JAMES WILLIAM DEANLance Corporal · April 14, 1969
- FRANCIS EDWARD DUNLAP JRSpecialist Four · April 14, 1969
- ROBERT MICHAEL GENDRONSergeant · April 14, 1969
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 1965
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.