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WARREN F NICKEL JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 6, 1943 – May 3, 1968
Service recordWarren F Nickel JR, of Watsonville, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 3, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 28
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 6, 1943
- Home of record
- Watsonville, California (Santa Cruz County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 28
- HOLLAND IRWIN LANGHAMCorporal · May 3, 1968
- ALAN PAUL PAGLIARONISpecialist Four · May 3, 1968
- WILLIE LE EARL PONDERPrivate First Class · May 3, 1968
- GREGORY GENE PRITCHETTPetty Officer Third Class · May 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LONNIE ALLAN BROOKSSergeant · Panel 54E, Line 23
- JACK CRAIG CARCLAYCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 23
- RICHARD M MARTINPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 27
- ALAN PAUL PAGLIARONISpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 28
- WILLIE LE EARL PONDERPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 28
- JULIAN SOLIZCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 29
- JAMES RUSSELL SOUTHEYPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 29
- FRED PATRICK STAFFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 30
From Watsonville
- FRANK JAMES ROSE JRSpecialist Four · July 12, 1967
- MELESSO GARCIAPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- LOUIS CHARLES MILLERSpecialist Four · November 6, 1967
- GARY RALPH CARPENTERPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- WILLIAM DAVID CHOIPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
- JAMES EVERRETT BELLFireman · June 3, 1968
- LEONARD RAY WHITECorporal · June 13, 1968
- HILDEFONSO M RAMIREZCorporal · January 31, 1969
- RAYMOND RODRIGUEZ DELGADOLance Corporal · March 1, 1969
- JOHN DEOGRACIAS INGUILLOStaff Sergeant · June 6, 1969
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.