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Personal info

Full name
NUTTING, John Frederick
Date of birth
23 December 1913
Age
30
Place of birth
Manhattan, New York City, New York
Hometown
Woodside, Queens County, New York

Military service

Service number
12056817
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
104th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 October 1944
Place of death
Near Bezange-la-Petitie, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 12 18

Immediate family

Members
William E. Nutting (father)
Ellen R. (Paxman) Nutting (mother)
William R. Nutting (brother)
Gladys R. Nutting (sister)

More information

S/Sgt John F. Nutting attended high school for two years and was employed at the Commodore Hotel.

He volunteered for the Army of the United States in New York City, New York on 28 January 1942.
He was killed by artillery shell fragments and was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Andilly, France.

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 / Abbett Tree / New York Birth Index / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com
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