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NICHOLAS WHITTIER VROOMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 5, 1949 – May 24, 1970
Service recordNicholas Whittier Vrooman, of Spring Valley, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1970, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 93
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Spring Valley, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1970; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 93
- GARY LYNN TAYLORSergeant · May 24, 1970
- TOMMIE RAY ANGELLance Corporal · May 25, 1970
- ERNEST CLAUDE BALLANDStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1970
- CHARLES EDWARD BATCHELORCorporal · May 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN RICHARD BARKLEYCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 89
- MICHAEL PATRICK MURPHYSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 91
- DENNIS RAY SILVESANSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 92
- RUSSELL DAVID WATTSCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 92
From Spring Valley
- DAVID ANDREW DILLONSpecialist Four · July 20, 1966
- RICHARD WENDAL HOMUTHLieutenant · May 23, 1967
- DAVID RUSSELL JONESLance Corporal · February 9, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES SEAMAN JRPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- KELLY WAYNE WEITZELPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- MICHAEL NICHOLAS MASUENWarrant Officer 1 · August 21, 1969
- RONALD GENE LAUDERDALEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1969
- JAMES DAVID ANELLACorporal · March 5, 1970
- PETER MITCHELL LOPEZ JRSpecialist Four · February 25, 1971
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.