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WILLIAM DEO NICODEMUS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 4, 1950 – January 26, 1971
Service recordWilliam Deo Nicodemus, of Mishawaka, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 26, 1971, in Tuyen Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- April 4, 1950
- Home of record
- Mishawaka, Indiana (St Joseph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tuyen Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1971; he was the only one lost in Tuyen Duc Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 65
- JAMES PAUL MARKEY JRPrivate First Class · January 26, 1971
- GEORGE LORD ROBERTSONStaff Sergeant · January 26, 1971
- ROBERTO LUIS CANASCorporal · January 27, 1971
- JOHN MAUTZ NEILLCaptain · January 27, 1971
From Mishawaka
- RICHARD LEE NUZIARDSergeant · November 8, 1965
- JOHN VANDRIESSCHEPrivate First Class · May 7, 1966
- HARDY WESLEY STEBBINS JRSpecialist Four · November 9, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL CHAMBERSSergeant · September 17, 1967
- MARK ANTHONY RIGGLECorporal · October 7, 1967
- PAUL AARON YOUNGSpecialist Four · March 15, 1968
- JAMES BARRY GARDPrivate · May 6, 1968
- STEPHEN DWAYNE MCGEELance Corporal · May 9, 1968
- DENNIS EVERETT MORGANCorporal · August 23, 1968
- LEO NEAL KRYSKESergeant First Class · August 25, 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.