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RONALD WILLIAM NICKERSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 13, 1944 – December 21, 1965
Service recordRonald William Nickerson, of Camden, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 21, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 33
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 13, 1944
- Home of record
- Camden, New Jersey (Camden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 33
- LEROY ELTON JONESSergeant · December 21, 1965
- WILLIAM VANCE MOSSCorporal · December 21, 1965
- RONALD ERNEST MULLINAXCorporal · December 21, 1965
- WILLIAM W RICHARDPrivate First Class · December 21, 1965
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD LLOYD ALLENStaff Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 32
- GEORGE SIMONDS COSTELLOCaptain · Panel 4E, Line 32
- LEROY ELTON JONESSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 33
- WILLIAM W RICHARDPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 33
- JIMMIE RAY ISBELLSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 34
- ALFRED LOUIS SPITZFADENPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 34
From Camden
- SIDNEY COHENStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- GEORGE JOSEPH STEPHENSPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- WARREN WALTER PFEFFERLEPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- EDWARD STEVEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- JOSEPH EVERETT PACKER JRAirman Second Class · June 16, 1966
- LUIS SANTIAGO SANTIAGOPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- JAMES XAVIER GILCHPrivate First Class · July 21, 1966
- JOHN DAVID SMITHSergeant · August 11, 1966
- GEORGE WILLIAM MILLERPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- STEVEN MICHAEL GOLDSBOROCorporal · February 8, 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.