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PHILIP GWYN NICHOLS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 27, 1948 – May 13, 1969
Service recordPhilip Gwyn Nichols, of Rockford, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 108
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Rockford, Illinois (Winnebago County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
112 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1969; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 108
- WARREN PAUL NIXPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
- STEPHEN VANCE PARKERLance Corporal · May 13, 1969
- SAMUEL LEE PATTERSONPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
- FRANCIS G PATTONPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GARY JAMES GREINERCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 100
- JAMES JULIUS JULIAN JRSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 102
- RANDY K BRONSONSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 104
From Rockford
- LARRY DEAN BELLCorporal · November 10, 1965
- THOMAS DUANE GLAWEPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- A W TRIPPLETTPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- RODERICK JAMES RODENBECKPrivate First Class · February 11, 1967
- J L LYLESCorporal · February 16, 1967
- MELVIN BALLARDSergeant · March 11, 1967
- ROBERT VERNER PEARSONSpecialist Four · April 7, 1967
- ROBERT EARL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- NOTLEY GWYNN MADDOXColonel · May 20, 1967
- LARRY WILLIAM KNIGHTHospitalman · June 1, 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.