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RICHARD ALLEN NICHOLS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 28, 1947 – July 2, 1967
Service recordRichard Allen Nichols, of Dayton, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 2, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 111
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Administrative Man (0141)
- Born
- January 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Dayton, Washington (Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1967; 93 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 111
- EDWARD JAMES MCCUNELance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS MCGARRYLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- THOMAS W MCMAHON JRLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- BENNY FRANK NIMOXCorporal · July 2, 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.