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NIKOLAI KIATKIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 22, 1947 – March 19, 1968
Service recordNikolai Kiatkin, of Buena, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 19, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 34
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Flight Operations Coordinator (71P)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Buena, New Jersey (Atlantic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1968; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 34
- SAM ZEB HUGHESPrivate First Class · March 19, 1968
- CLARENCE JEFFERSON JRPrivate First Class · March 19, 1968
- JEFFREY ROBERT JORDANPrivate First Class · March 19, 1968
- BILLY DON KENNINGTONPrivate First Class · March 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD SHELBY WOOD JRSpecialist Five · Panel 45E, Line 36
- JEFFREY J YARGERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 45E, Line 36
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.