Nicholson, Edward Joseph
Army Specialist

Edward Joseph Nicholson, age 21, from Houston, Texas, Harris county.

Service era: Operation Restore Hope (Somalia)
Military history: 159th Aviation Regiment at Fort Campbell

Date of death: Wednesday, October 6, 1993
Death details: Died from shark wounds he incurred while swimming in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Mogadishu
Cemetery: Nashville National; South Madison, Tennessee

Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Department of Veterans Affairs

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