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NICHOLAS JOHN BRAICO
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
July 13, 1949 – May 5, 1970
Service recordNicholas John Braico, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 5, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 99
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
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- July 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 99
- PHILLIP CURTIS ADAMSPrivate · May 5, 1970
- HORACE ANDREWSSpecialist Four · May 5, 1970
- LARRY MICHAEL BEAUDETTESergeant · May 5, 1970
- EVERETT LEWIS BROCKSStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1970
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.