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NICHOLAS JAMES RYMOND
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 19, 1948 – August 30, 1969
Service recordNicholas James Rymond, of North Hollywood, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 30, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 12
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 19, 1948
- Home of record
- North Hollywood, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1969; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 12
- CHARLES EDWARD SMITH JRSpecialist Four · August 30, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD SQUAIREPrivate First Class · August 30, 1969
- GREGORY NEESE TRIMNALSergeant · August 30, 1969
- SCOTT MITCHELL VERNERSpecialist Four · August 30, 1969
From North Hollywood
- WILLIAM ALBERT REIDSpecialist Five · February 16, 1964
- JAMES IRVING PRATTPetty Officer First Class · February 25, 1965
- ROBIN ARTHUR RARIGPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- LLOYD TAYLOR RUGGEFirst Lieutenant · January 26, 1967
- EDWARD ROWAN REID JRPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
- MICHAEL BRYAN GRIMESLance Corporal · March 22, 1967
- BRENT EUGENE MATHISStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1967
- EDWARD MICHAEL CORNELLPrivate First Class · July 5, 1967
- JAMES PAUL ARRAIZSergeant · July 29, 1967
- HUGH W CROSSStaff Sergeant · July 29, 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.