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NICHOLAS LE HOLLINGSWORTH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 12, 1948 – April 30, 1968
Service recordNicholas Le Hollingsworth, of Onarga, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Onarga, Illinois (Iroquois County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1968; 53 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 15
- DALE JOSEPH HESSLance Corporal · April 30, 1968
- JOHN PALMORE HOLCOMBSpecialist Four · April 30, 1968
- JOHN FRANKLIN HUTZELLPrivate First Class · April 30, 1968
- RAY DON JAMESPrivate · April 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ANTHONY GLORIOSOCorporal · Panel 53E, Line 13
From Onarga
- RANDALL JOHN NIGHTINGALEPetty Officer Second Class · March 17, 1968
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.