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Personal info

Full name
NICHOLSON, Howard Edward
Date of birth
13 September 1920
Age
24
Place of birth
Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio
Hometown
Steubenville, Jefferson County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
O1318692
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
B Company,
1st Battalion,
15th Infantry Regiment,
3rd Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of St. Dié-Etival Clairefontaine, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 11 59

Immediate family

Members
John H. Cory (stepfather)
Jean R. (Amick) Nicholson (mother)
Edna M. Nicholson (wife)

More information

1st Lt Howard E. Nicholson attended high school for four years and worked in the machine shop of the Weirton Steel Company, before he enlisted on 16 February 1942.

He was awarded the Silver Star Medal for his actions on 24 May 1944 in Italy. The citation cited: On the afternoon of 24 May 1944, Italy, 1st Lt Nicholson, while reconnoitering enemy positions, shot and killed an enemy sniper during a short, fierce fire fight. This fight drew the concentrated fire of 20 enemy riflemen, and with bullets whipping all about.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930/1940 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Cards, History 3rd Infantry Division WWII
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Andy