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ROBERT JAMES NICKLOW
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 19, 1945 – July 11, 1967
Service recordRobert James Nicklow, of Garrett, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 11, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 53
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 19, 1945
- Home of record
- Garrett, Pennsylvania (Somerset County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 11, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 53
- CLARENCE ERNEST LOSSINGSpecialist Four · July 11, 1967
- JORGE JOSEPH MALDONADOPrivate · July 11, 1967
- DAVID HENRY MITCHELLSpecialist Four · July 11, 1967
- GEORGE EUGENE SMITHStaff Sergeant · July 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CLIFFORD KENNETH FRYESpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 51
- FRANCIS ALLEN HUGHESPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 51
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.