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NICK JIM GRCICH
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
October 2, 1930 – March 20, 1967
Service recordNick Jim Grcich, of Valparaiso, Indiana, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 20, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 121
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 2, 1930
- Home of record
- Valparaiso, Indiana (Porter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1967
- Age
- 36
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 121
- RONALD RICHARD FILLMORESpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
- GREG FREDRICK GOODMANSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
- ERWIN JOHN HAARWALDTPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD HAGGARDPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
From Valparaiso
- THOMAS R MANNINGSpecialist Four · February 10, 1967
- JAMES MAURICE MCGARVEYLieutenant Colonel · April 17, 1967
- PHILLIP ROBERT VENEKAMPSergeant · June 18, 1967
- GEORGE ALFRED NASH JRLance Corporal · September 6, 1967
- JOEL KENTON BROWNCorporal · February 18, 1968
- EDWARD ROGER CLAYPrivate First Class · June 10, 1968
- GLENN EDWARD MILESSergeant · October 21, 1968
- HOWARD KENNETH COOPERPrivate First Class · November 11, 1968
- JAMES DEE BLASKOSpecialist Four · May 1, 1969
- STEPHEN GREGORY MAUSENSpecialist Four · June 25, 1969
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.