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PHILIP EUGENE NICKERSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 12, 1949 – June 21, 1969
Service recordPhilip Eugene Nickerson, of Edmonds, Washington, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 21, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 107
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Edmonds, Washington (Snohomish County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1969; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 122 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 107
- ROBERT NOZEWSKICorporal · June 21, 1969
- EDWIN PEREZ PAGANSergeant · June 21, 1969
- WILLIAM LEE PETERS JRFirst Lieutenant · June 21, 1969
- JOHN KENNETH PETERSONPrivate First Class · June 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JERRY M BORKHOLDERPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 104
- RICHARD LEE KERKHOFFSpecialist Five · Panel 22W, Line 106
- HARLIS CALVIN SALESSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 109
- MICHAEL PATRICK WARNERCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 110
From Edmonds
- DONALD A WISESpecialist Five · December 6, 1966
- GREGORY PHILLIP MOSERPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- MILES EUGENE WHITEPrivate First Class · July 6, 1967
- MICHAEL NOEL HOBANSergeant · August 5, 1968
- EDWARD ARTHUR HOPKINSSergeant · April 4, 1969
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.