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PAUL RUSSELL NICHOLAS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 6, 1945 – January 14, 1967
Service recordPaul Russell Nicholas JR, of Pasadena, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 14, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 29
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Pasadena, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 29
- ROBERT JEROME MEYERLance Corporal · January 14, 1967
- JOSEPH DONAT NOELSpecialist Four · January 14, 1967
- ARTHUR ALEN OBRIENLance Corporal · January 14, 1967
- ROBERT LEE PAINTERPrivate First Class · January 14, 1967
From Pasadena
- ARDON WILLIAM CARTERSergeant · February 4, 1966
- GARY MONROE RADFORDPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- GEORGE LUDWIG STOLLSpecialist Four · May 5, 1966
- WARREN PARKER SMITH JRLieutenant Colonel · June 22, 1966
- LEROY CASE HOTCHKISS IIIPrivate First Class · April 6, 1967
- MERLIN FRANCIS CALDWELLPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- JAMES HENRY SPARKSLance Corporal · June 30, 1967
- FRANK BROWN WESTERFIELDSecond Lieutenant · July 5, 1967
- FRANK CHARLES MCNELIS JRPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- BOBBY JOE BONINSergeant · October 25, 1967
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.