Arthur D. Nicholson

He graduated from Joel Barlow High School of Redding, Connecticut, in 1965 and earned a bachelor's degree from Transylvania University in 1969 before joining the U.S. Army in 1970.

[citation needed] In 1982, Nicholson was assigned to the U.S. Military Liaison Mission (USMLM) to the Commander-in-Chief of the Group of Soviet Forces Germany.

[citation needed] On March 24, 1985, with Sergeant Jessie G. Schatz, Nicholson undertook his final mission for the USMLM.

[1] Even as more senior Soviet personnel arrived, no medical aid for Nicholson was provided and no one checked his conditions for two hours after he was shot.

[citation needed] The Soviets contended that the response of Sergeant Ryabtsev, as a guard, had been appropriate in confronting an "unknown intruder who did not comply with the warnings of the sentry",[4][5] and also stated that the area that Major Nicholson was in was "off-limits" to military liaison mission operations,[6] as well as placing blame for the incident on the United States.

[10] Nicholson Hall, located at the United States Army Intelligence Center in Fort Huachuca, Arizona, is named in his honor.