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NICK ULYSSES FLEENER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 6, 1950 – July 29, 1970
Service recordNick Ulysses Fleener, of Spenard, Alaska, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 65
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rough Terrain Forklift And Loader Operator (62M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- March 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Spenard, Alaska
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 65
- STEPHEN WAYNE BANCROFTCorporal · July 29, 1970
- ROGER JAMES CARRSpecialist Four · July 29, 1970
- JACK HOWARD DILLONSpecialist Five · July 29, 1970
- JAMES KENNETH EMCHChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 29, 1970
From Spenard
- THOMAS EDWARD ANDERSONCorporal · October 6, 1962
- KENNETH BRUCE MILLHOUSESpecialist Four · December 18, 1968
- FREDERICK M SIMEONOFFWarrant Officer 1 · April 17, 1970
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.