Missing information?

Do you have any additional information you would like to share about a soldier?

Submit

Personal info

Full name
NICHOLAS, Freeman Millard
Date of birth
8 July 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Lincoln County, West Virginia
Hometown
McCorkle, Lincoln County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35639989
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
68th Armored Infantry Battalion,
14th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 April 1945
Place of death
Near Burgsinn, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 16 48

Immediate family

Members
Francis M. Nicholas (father)
Minnie C. (Adkins) Nicholas (mother)
Lyndell L. Nicholas (sister)
Charles Nicholas (brother)
Juanita F. Nicholas (sister)
Carl Nicholas (brother)
Kenneth C. Nicholas (brother)
Kermit V. Nicholas (brother)
Lowell G. Nicholas (brother)
Bobby D. Nicholas (brother)

More information

Pfc Freeman M. Nicholas worked on a farm before he enlisted in Huntington, West Virginia on 13 November 1942.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Owens Baughman Family Tree, http://14thad.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Laura S