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Personal info

Full name
NADEAU, Philip Wayne
Date of birth
28 December 1920
Age
23
Place of birth
Somerville, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Red Bank, Monmouth County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
42142146
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
D Company,
1st Battalion,
22nd Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
26 November 1944
Place of death
Grosshau, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
D 11 22

Immediate family

Members
Edmond R. Nadeau (brother)
Nellie A. (Cusumano) Nadeau (wife)

More information

Pvt Philip W. Nadeau was a mechanic and repairman of motor vehicles.

He enlisted at Fort Dix, New Jersey on 23 May 1944 and trained at Camp Croft, South Carolina and Fort Meade, Maryland.

He had been overseas since 13 November 1944.

Source of information: Danny van der Groen, Peter Schouteten, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, www.newspapers.com - Asbury Park Press

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, The Daily Register 14 December 1944, www.ancestry.com - ETownsend70