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Personal info

Full name
COLENDICH, Nicholas Mitchell
Date of birth
28 June 1906
Age
38
Place of birth
Angels Camp, Calaveras County, California
Hometown
Angels Camp, Calaveras County, California

Military service

Service number
39142836
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
315th Infantry Regiment,
79th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
27 July 1944
Place of death
South of Lessay, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 6 70

Immediate family

Members
Rafelita Colendich (mother)
Ambrosia Colendich (sister)

More information

Pvt Nicholas M. Colendich was a manager and official before he enlisted in San Francisco, California on 30 October 1943. He was sent overseas in May 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Solers, 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, Combat History 79th Infantry Division, www.newspapers.com – Stockton Evening and Sunday Record 22 December 1944
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy