Terry Lynn Nichols ( born April 1 , 1955 ) is an American domestic terrorist who was convicted of being an accomplice in the Oklahoma City bombing . Prior to his incarceration , he held a variety of short-term jobs , working as a farmer , grain elevator manager , real estate salesman and ranch hand . He met his future co-conspirator , Timothy McVeigh , during a brief stint in the U.S. Army , which ended in 1989 when he requested a hardship discharge after less than one year of service . In 1994 and 1995 , he conspired with McVeigh in the planning and preparation of the truck bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City , Oklahoma , on April 19 , 1995 . The bombing claimed the lives of 168 people
Oklahoma City bombing
Oklahoma City bombing
Terry Nichols