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Personal info

Full name
NASON, Charles Maurice
Date of birth
25 September 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Isle, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota
Hometown
Moose Lake, Carlton County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37567306
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Rifleman
Unit
C Company,
59th Armored Infantry Battalion,
13th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
14 April 1945
Place of death
Selsheide, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 2 9

Immediate family

Members
Charles L. Nason (father)
Leah C. (Jensen) Nason (mother)
Barbara Nason (sister)

More information

Pfc Nason landed in Le Havre, France in January 1945.

He was initialloy buried at a cemetery in Ittenbach.

Pfc Nason is remembered with a memorial at the Faith Lutheran Cemetery in Mille Lacs County, Minnesota.

Source of information: IDPF, Wallace Terry Hirsch, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Birth Index

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, Joek Hulsmann / Terry Horan and Tony Glavan