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MICHAEL WILLIAM NICOL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 24, 1951 – June 29, 1971
Service recordMichael William Nicol, of Marcellus, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 29, 1971, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 93
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Operator (05B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 24, 1951
- Home of record
- Marcellus, Michigan (Cass County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 29, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date June 29, 1971; two of them were lost in Vinh Long Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 93
- ANTONIO ESTEVES-NEGRONSpecialist Five · June 29, 1971
- MASON ALAN KEITHPrivate First Class · June 29, 1971
- WILLIAM PORTER WALTERSSpecialist Four · June 29, 1971
- HARRY THOMAS WALTON JRCorporal · June 29, 1971
From Marcellus
- RALPH JOHN CLIMEWarrant Officer 1 · June 19, 1969
- ROBERT STANLEY RICHMONDCaptain · March 21, 1970
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.