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RICHARD DOMENIC NICOLINI
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 20, 1947 – April 1, 1968
Service recordRichard Domenic Nicolini, of Elmont, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 35
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- April 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Elmont, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1968; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 35
- STUART MURRAY MCLELLANLieutenant (junior grade) · April 1, 1968
- MORTIMER LELANE OCONNORLieutenant Colonel · April 1, 1968
- MICHAEL JOSEPH PURCELLLieutenant (junior grade) · April 1, 1968
- ROGER WILLIAM RAIHPrivate First Class · April 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE LEE MYERSSpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 34
From Elmont
- CHARLES FRED BIVETTOPrivate First Class · April 1, 1967
- PETER JOHN LOVANPrivate First Class · August 2, 1968
- BARRY RALPH BAUSCHSergeant · May 12, 1969
- THOMAS S BONVENTREPrivate First Class · July 4, 1969
- THOMAS WILLIAM MORIARTYPrivate First Class · May 31, 1970
- GERALD MICHAEL VETRANOStaff Sergeant · July 28, 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.