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Personal info

Full name
NICHOLSON, Harry Edwin
Date of birth
30 August 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Summit County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35604815
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
Platoon Sergeant
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
330th Infantry Regiment,
83rd Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 December 1944
Place of death
Winden, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
C 5 30

Immediate family

Members
Alexander Nicholson (father)
Jennie O. (Anderson) Nicholson (mother)
Ernest R. Nicholson (brother)
Clarence J. Nicholson (brother)

More information

T/Sgt Harry E. Nicholson attended St. Bernard's and Central High Schools and played on the basketball team and was a Beacon Journal carrier. He was employed at Woodbury Grocery Company.

He enlisted at Fort Hayes Columbus, Ohio on 11 March 1943 and was sent overseas in May 1944.

His brother Ernest served in Belgium and his brother Clarence received an honorable discharge after coming back from Guadalcanal with malaria.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, Raf Dyckmans, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://83rdinfdivdocs.org, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, www.newspapers.com - The Akron Beacon Journal, WWII Draft Card

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - The Akron Beacon Journal