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OTIS LEE NICK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 28, 1944 – February 29, 1968
Service recordOtis Lee Nick, of Myton, Utah, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 29, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 28, 1944
- Home of record
- Myton, Utah (Duchesne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 29, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date February 29, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 168 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 8
- JEFFERY GURVITZFirst Lieutenant · February 29, 1968
- EDWARD EUGENE MCCLELLANSergeant · February 29, 1968
- GEORGE ADOLFO MUSSENDENSergeant · February 29, 1968
- CEIZHAR VALE PAGCALIUAGANPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PHILIP F GREENESpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 5
- RICHARD JAMES GROATPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 5
- MICHAEL EMMETT MARTINSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 7
- EDWARD EUGENE MCCLELLANSergeant · Panel 42E, Line 8
- LARRY PRESTON TYSONSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 11
- WILLIAM ROY WATTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 42E, Line 12
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.