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RANDE LEE NICHOLS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 19, 1949 – April 21, 1970
Service recordRande Lee Nichols, of Hermosa Beach, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 21, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 31
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Hermosa Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1970; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 31
- MARK FARRENSergeant First Class · April 21, 1970
- DANNY WAYNE JOHNSONSergeant · April 21, 1970
- ANTHONY WAYNE MANSTISChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 21, 1970
- VAL GREGORY MEYERSergeant · April 21, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ANTHONY WAYNE MANSTISChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 11W, Line 31
- RONALD BRUCE STILLIONSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 11W, Line 32
From Hermosa Beach
- GEORGE LEONARD SHOOK JRPrivate First Class · September 22, 1965
- DANNY LEE MCMINNCorporal · February 15, 1967
- TIMOTHY P GUGLIELMONIPrivate First Class · May 24, 1967
- ANTHONY STEVEN PAPALASPrivate First Class · July 10, 1967
- GERALD LOYD ROWEN IISpecialist Four · December 26, 1967
- RONALD LEE SCHUYLERPrivate First Class · October 31, 1968
- MICHAEL ROSS MCCANNPrivate First Class · July 19, 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.