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NICHOLAS EUGENE THOELE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 4, 1950 – May 24, 1970
Service recordNicholas Eugene Thoele, of Teutopolis, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 92
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 4, 1950
- Home of record
- Teutopolis, Illinois (Effingham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 127 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 92
- ROBERT EUGENE RAGLANDSpecialist Four · May 24, 1970
- ALAN ROSSCorporal · May 24, 1970
- DENNIS RAY SILVESANSergeant · May 24, 1970
- RUSSELL DAVID WATTSCorporal · May 24, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RONALD MICHAEL BLUEStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 89
- DENNIE LYNN CARNETTSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 89
- PETER WARREN GILMOREStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 90
- REUBEN ANTHONY LESSSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 90
- SAMMY RAY MORRISONSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 91
- GARY LYNN TAYLORSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 93
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.