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Personal info

Full name
NICKERSON, Donald Venson
Date of birth
3 March 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Sherrard, Marshall County, West Virginia
Hometown
Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
35753878
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
K Company,
3rd Battalion,
180th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
9 September 1944
Place of death
Near Randevillers, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
A 14 59

Immediate family

Members
Alton S. Nickerson (father)
Mamie M. Nickerson (mother)
Dallie H. Nickerson (sister)

More information

Pfc Donald V. Nickerson was a driver before he enlisted in Clarksburg, West Virginia on 4 May 1943.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Saint-Juan, 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 / 1940 Census, http://www.45thdivision.org
Photo source: www.findagrave - Andy