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NICHOLAS RICHARD ALEXANDER
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
January 24, 1947 – November 27, 1968
Service recordNicholas Richard Alexander, of Wesley, Iowa, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 27, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 70
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. Army
- Rank
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Wesley, Iowa (Kossuth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 27, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date November 27, 1968; 33 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 70
- JAMES CLARENCE ADAMSFirst Lieutenant · November 27, 1968
- HENRY FRANCE ASUNCIONLance Corporal · November 27, 1968
- ERNEST LEE BARBERSpecialist Four · November 27, 1968
- ROGER JAY BARTHOLOMEWLieutenant Colonel · November 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES GREGORY BRADYSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 71
- DAVID DEWITT CREELSpecialist Five · Panel 38W, Line 72
- FREDRICK HARRY FRAZERSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 72
- JEROME DEE CHANDLERSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 73
- ALLEN EUGENE DUNEMANWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 38W, Line 73
- AUGUST KARL RITZAUFirst Lieutenant · Panel 38W, Line 78
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.