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REGINALD NICHOLAS
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 3, 1936 – October 3, 1965
Service recordReginald Nicholas, of Auburn, Maine, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 3, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 104
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- March 3, 1936
- Home of record
- Auburn, Maine (Androscoggin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1965
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1965; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 104
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- LEON PARNELL LAMPLEYPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- BERNARD JOSEPH MASNYPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- ADAM ERNEST SIMPSON JRFirst Lieutenant · October 3, 1965
Same unit, same day
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · Panel 2E, Line 104
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 105
From Auburn
- PETER GEORGE VLAHAKOSStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- HAROLD EVERETT WALKER JRSpecialist Five · March 8, 1968
- WILLIAM RUSSELL ALMONPrivate First Class · July 30, 1968
- MICHAEL HUBERT DESCHENESPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
- BRUCE IRVING LUTTRELLMaster Sergeant · May 20, 1969
- BERTRAND RONALD GAGNEPrivate First Class · August 22, 1969
- ALBERT LEE BELANGERPrivate First Class · September 13, 1969
- ALLEN MELVIN HUTCHINSONCorporal · February 5, 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.