Rank: Specialist 4
Unit: Air Cavalry Troop, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11B – Infantryman
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 11-Aug-1947
Hometown: Melvindale, Michigan
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 12-Sep-1966
Start of tour: 25-Aug-1968
Incident date: 7-May-1969
Date of casualty: 7-May-1969
Age at death: 21
Cause of death: Hostile, died of wounds. Artillery/Mortar/Rocket. Artillery, rocket, or mortar.
Gary Bruce Nichols died from wounds received while at defensive position when the area cam under rocket attack by a hostile force. Individual was admitted to a military medical facility and expired shortly thereafter. / At night defensive position (NDP). Came under hostile rocket attack. Individual admitted to 93rd Evacuation Hospital, Long Binh, 7 May 1969 at 1930 hrs and later expired. Incident occurred 7 May 1969 at 1745 hrs.
Location of fatality: Binh Long, South Vietnam, XT 827 910
Place of interment: Old Salem Cemetery, Mortons Gap, Kentucky, USA
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