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Personal info

Full name
NIXON, Loyd Fane
Date of birth
1 December 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Greenville, Hunt County, Texas
Hometown
Hunt County, Texas

Military service

Service number
38041674
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
33rd Armored Regiment,
3rd Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
6 March 1945
Place of death
Near Cologne, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
B 1 20

Immediate family

Members
Albert W. Nixon (father)
Amanda L. (Voss) Nixon (mother)
Irene G. Nixon (sister)
Albert W. Nixon Jr. (brother)

More information

T/5 Loyd F. Nixon enlisted in Dallas, Texas on 31 March 1941.

He attended high school for 4 years and was a linemen for telegraph and telephone before he enlisted.

T/5 Loyd F. Nixon was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Henri-Chapelle, Belgium Block ZZZ, Row 9, Grave 171.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.findagrave.com – Ann Nixon Klapper, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / Lauren Harksen Family Tree

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet / Gene Klapper