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WILLIAM WARD NICHOLS JR
Captain · U.S. Army
March 17, 1937 – October 4, 1965
Service recordWilliam Ward Nichols JR, of Ridgewood, New Jersey, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on October 4, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 106
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ranger (81452)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- March 17, 1937
- Home of record
- Ridgewood, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 4, 1965
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date October 4, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 106
- JOHN DAVID MUSGROVECaptain · October 4, 1965
- DAVID WILMER BLODGETTPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- RICHARD BURGANSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- KENNETH MONROE HYETTSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
From Ridgewood
- CLEMENT OLIN STEVENSON JRLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 1966
- EDWIN STEVEN BRAGUE JRFirst Lieutenant · January 7, 1967
- DAVID JAMES GUNSTERMajor · June 6, 1968
- JAY JULIUS SCHMIDSergeant · December 7, 1968
- JOHN FRANCIS CRIKELAIRSergeant · August 6, 1969
- MICHAEL ANDRE R DEMAGNINFirst Lieutenant · November 1, 1969
- BRUCE CARLTON FRYARLieutenant · January 2, 1970
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.