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Personal info

Full name
NASH, Freedom Denis
Date of birth
26 August 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Macon County, Tennessee
Hometown
Lafayette, Macon County, Tennessee

Military service

Service number
34715035
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
L Company,
3rd Battalion,
143rd Infantry Regiment,
36th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
5 October 1944
Place of death
Laveline-du-Houx, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 2 16

Immediate family

Members
Author Nash (father)
Vergie (Dallas) Nash (mother)
Velva Nash (sister)
Donel M. Nash (brother)
Charles E. Nash (brother)
Jack Nash (brother)

More information

Sgt Freedom D. Nash worked on his own farm before he enlisted at Camp Forest, Tennessee on 12 May 1943.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his eye and arm.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov, https://36th-id.frb.io, https://texasmilitaryforcesmuseum.org/, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / WWII Draft Cards Young Men / WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com - Coleman

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy