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NICHOLAS LEWIS GARDELIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 29, 1949 – April 3, 1970
Service recordNicholas Lewis Gardelis, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 3, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 88
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- May 29, 1949
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 88
- GEORGE RONALD CRABTREEPetty Officer Third Class · April 3, 1970
- JAMES ANTHONY DECARLOSergeant · April 3, 1970
- SAMUEL FIELDS JRSpecialist Five · April 3, 1970
- GERALD LEE GRIFFIN JRStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CARL STEPHEN BERGER JRSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 87
- RAINER LOUIS COLEPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 87
- JAMES ANTHONY DECARLOSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 88
- RICHARD LEE WILKERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 90
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.