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PHILLIP A NICHOLS

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HONORED ON PANEL 7W, LINE 133 OF THE WALL

PHILLIP ARTHUR NICHOLS

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PHILLIP A NICHOLS

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POSTED ON 9.8.2010

ARMY CHAPLAIN KILLED IN ACTION, L.A. Times September 3, 2010

A brief article appeared in the Los Angeles Times about the death of an Army chaplain in Afghanistan in 2010. The article mentions Capt. Phillips Nichols as the last Army chaplain to lose his life in combat in 1970.

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POSTED ON 10.13.2005

POSTED BY: Dave Kruger, 196th LIB. 66-67

Not forgotten

Phillip, Although we never met, I just want you to know that you are not forgotten. You gave the ultimate sacrifice, your life for what you believed in. Sleep well my friend, and thank you for protecting the freedoms we enjoy today.

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