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NICKALAS PEREZ GURNIAS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 19, 1946 – August 13, 1970
Service recordNickalas Perez Gurnias, of Hollister, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 13, 1970, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 107
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- April 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Hollister, California (San Benito County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In August 1970, 452 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 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 107
- HENRY THOMAS COXCaptain · August 13, 1970
- TROIT DONOVAN FREELANDLieutenant Colonel · August 13, 1970
- MICHAEL ARTHUR GAGEPrivate First Class · August 13, 1970
- JAMES CLARENCE JUNGESergeant · August 13, 1970
From Hollister
- GABRIEL BETANCOURTPrivate First Class · September 19, 1967
- ALBERT GONZALEZPrivate First Class · July 23, 1968
- ARCADIO TORRES JRPrivate First Class · August 22, 1968
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.