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NICHOLAS IRVIN PYLE
Seaman · U.S. Navy
March 29, 1947 – February 23, 1969
Service recordNicholas Irvin Pyle, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 23, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 17
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 11 ASLT DIV 11
- Born
- March 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 11 ASLT DIV 11”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 17
- VICTOR ART RABELLance Corporal · February 23, 1969
- STANLEY MAJURE REEDSpecialist Five · February 23, 1969
- JAMES STEPHEN REYNOLDS JRPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- MYRON EDWIN RHUECorporal · February 23, 1969
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 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.