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NICOLAUS AUGUST DOEDEN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 17, 1939 – June 6, 1965
Service recordNicolaus August Doeden, of Walton, Nebraska, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 6, 1965, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 132
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Hmh (7335)
- Born
- February 17, 1939
- Home of record
- Walton, Nebraska (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1965
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1965. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 132
- CURTIS LAMARR FOSTERPrivate First Class · June 6, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- CARL EDWARD MCBEELance Corporal · June 6, 1965
- GERALD OTTO MCKAYFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
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.