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NICHOLES WILLIAM CHARLES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 26, 1947 – May 25, 1968
Service recordNicholes William Charles, of Muskegon, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 69W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 69W · Line 2
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Muskegon, Michigan (Muskegon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 69W, Line 2
- GAZZETT BEN BRUNSON JRPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- FRED DOUGLAS CARTER JRSpecialist Four · May 25, 1968
- ALONZO CARLTON COLLIERCorporal · May 25, 1968
- MELVIN DALE DECOWLance Corporal · May 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TED OLAND BRAZZEALPrivate First Class · Panel 70W, Line 1
- FRED DOUGLAS CARTER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 69W, Line 2
- MICHAEL EUGENE FORDSpecialist Four · Panel 69W, Line 3
- WILLIAM ARLAND GRIFFISStaff Sergeant · Panel 68W, Line 1
- JAMES LOUIS HARRISPrivate First Class · Panel 68W, Line 2
- JAMES DALE HODGESPrivate First Class · Panel 68W, Line 2
- LARRY WAYNE JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 68W, Line 4
- LEWIS DEAN LAMKINSpecialist Four · Panel 68W, Line 4
- ANTONIO LOPEZ JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 68W, Line 5
- THOMAS ROBERT MALONEYSergeant · Panel 68W, Line 5
- GUY WAYNE MARTINStaff Sergeant · Panel 68W, Line 6
- MERL RUSSELL MEADOWSSpecialist Four · Panel 68W, Line 6
- RONALD CURTIS MCEUENSergeant · Panel 67W, Line 2
- MASON NIXON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 67W, Line 2
- ROBERT LEE SMITHStaff Sergeant · Panel 67W, Line 6
- DAVID EUGENE WATKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 67W, Line 6
- LLOYD LOREN WILLARDSergeant · Panel 67W, Line 7
- ERNEST C WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 67W, Line 7
- WILLIAM DEAN WILSONCorporal · Panel 67W, Line 8
- ROBERT EDWARD ZESKEPrivate First Class · Panel 67W, Line 8
From Muskegon
- LOUIS KENNETH KANAARCaptain · January 9, 1966
- RICHARD NORMAN GEREAUCaptain · March 5, 1966
- DONALD LEWIS KINGColonel · May 14, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN TAZELAARPrivate First Class · June 28, 1966
- DANIEL LEE EARLENBAUGHSpecialist Four · August 26, 1966
- ROBERT GAYLE DAVISONSergeant · December 17, 1966
- JAMES HARVEY HOPSONPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- ANTONIO RAMON PONCEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1967
- GERALD RAY HENDRICKSONCorporal · November 26, 1967
- DAVID ORVILLE KAMPCorporal · December 27, 1967
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.