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Personal info

Full name
NICHOLSON, George Frank
Date of birth
10 September 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Michigan City, LaPorte County, Indiana
Hometown
Niles, Berrien County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36890712
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
23 October 1944
Place of death
Bezange-la-Petite, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 19 37

Immediate family

Members
George W. Nicholson (father)
Florence B. (Harbart) Nicholson (mother)
Constance Nicholson (sister)

More information

Pfc George F. Nicholson enlisted on 9 December 1943 and was sent overseas on 10 September 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / Pitsch Family of Germany to Indiana, www.finagrave.com, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division

Photo source: www.ancestry.com – U.S. School Yearbooks Niles Michigan