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War(Continued from Page 1)inflicted by small arms fire.The message read in part “The Secretary of the Army has asked me to express his deep regret that your son. Private First Class Tommy Lee Nicholas, died in Viet Nam on 23 February* 1966 as the/result of gunshot Wound to left should' er incurred when ambushed by Hostile force employing small arms fire while cn combat operation. Death is result of hostile action. Please accept my deepest sympathy.”The fallen serviceman0 had been in Viet Nam only about a month before the Viet Cong ambush ended his life.He was a member of Com* pany C, 1st Battilion, of the 12th Calvary, a division of the famed 1st Calvary Division of Ft. Banning, Ga.Details of the location of the enemy ambush were not revealed by Army authorities.Pfc. Nicholas, the second oldest child of a family of eight, was a 1963 graduate of Lakeside High School of Decatur.iyniarloVieandwelt;cenP of 1 Inf; liar vie Vie by NajT
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Decatur Daily
Decatur, Alabama, US
Sat, Feb 26, 1966
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