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RUSSELL CHESTER NICOLAI
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 23, 1947 – July 6, 1969
Service recordRussell Chester Nicolai, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 6, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 72
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- April 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 72
- WILLIAM MICHAEL SHORTPrivate First Class · July 6, 1969
- WARD GRAY SNEEDSergeant First Class · July 6, 1969
- DARRELL LEE TUCKERPetty Officer Second Class · July 6, 1969
- LEONARD DANIEL WARDSpecialist Four · July 6, 1969
From Milwaukee
- TOM JOSEPH CRESSLieutenant · January 6, 1961
- ROBERT BURGERTSergeant · February 13, 1963
- PETER MATTHEW FEIERABENDPrivate First Class · February 16, 1964
- THADDEUS ZAJACSpecialist Four · September 27, 1965
- JAMES CALVIN WARDPrivate First Class · October 11, 1965
- TIMOTHY HOLTON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- RICHARD WILLIAM SCHWENDLERCorporal · November 16, 1965
- MICHAEL ALFRED GRUBERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH BRUNKEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1965
- MICHAEL PETER MORANPrivate First Class · January 9, 1966
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.