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PHILLIP ARTHUR NICHOLS
Captain · U.S. Army
October 25, 1940 – October 13, 1970
Service recordPhillip Arthur Nichols, of Kalispell, Montana, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on October 13, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 133 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 133
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Chaplain (5310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 25, 1940
- Home of record
- Kalispell, Montana (Flathead County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1970
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1970; ten of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 133
- LARRY ALLEN MACKEYSpecialist Four · October 13, 1970
- ALBERT MARSHALL REEDCorporal · October 13, 1970
- LAWRENCE MICHAEL SULLIVANFirst Lieutenant · October 13, 1970
- LARRY ALLEN WALKERSpecialist Four · October 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- EUGENE ONEIL BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 130
- STEPHEN MICHAEL CADYPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 131
- MARK IRWIN GROSSSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 131
- RICKS ARBRA HUTSONSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 131
- ROBERT EDWARD HARPERCaptain · Panel 7W, Line 132
- LAWRENCE MICHAEL SULLIVANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 7W, Line 133
- LARRY ALLEN WALKERSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 133
From Kalispell
- MITCHELL LESTER ANDERSONLance Corporal · July 20, 1965
- RODGER DEAN ECKSTEINPrivate First Class · October 2, 1967
- DAVID WALTER DORRISPrivate First Class · April 18, 1968
- DUANE LEE COTTETCorporal · November 1, 1968
- RICHARD MICHAEL JOHNSONSpecialist Four · February 26, 1969
- RICHARD JAMES BEST JRSpecialist Four · September 7, 1969
- TIMOTHY CHARLES ROBINSONPrivate First Class · October 22, 1969
- WILLIAM GREGORY LITTLECorporal · January 14, 1970
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.