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RUSSELL EDWIN NIHILL
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
October 5, 1946 – October 21, 1968
Service recordRussell Edwin Nihill, of Warwick, Rhode Island, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 21, 1968, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 13
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Warwick, Rhode Island (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1968; 23 of them were lost in Darlac Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 13
- KENNETH KEITH KNABB JRLieutenant Commander · October 21, 1968
- GLENN EDWARD MILESSergeant · October 21, 1968
- BRUCE MICHAEL MILEYSpecialist Five · October 21, 1968
- BILLY RAY MORRISTechnical Sergeant · October 21, 1968
From Warwick
- RICHARD ALAN JURCAKPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES STERLINGSpecialist Four · April 25, 1967
- WILLIAM CHARLES STANLEYPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- KENNETH BRADFORD GOFF JRMajor · August 24, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM COTTENIERLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- JOHN BRYANT HEADLEYCorporal · November 2, 1967
- LEO PAUL DUNSMORECorporal · February 12, 1968
- ALFRED LEONARD TRIPPCaptain · July 25, 1968
- JOSEPH THOMAS PIGEON JRSergeant · August 21, 1968
- JAMES LEO WARNERSergeant First Class · September 21, 1968
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.