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Personal info

Full name
NADEAU, Lucien V
Date of birth
1914
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Holyoke, Hampden County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Chicopee, Hampden County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31007193
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
179th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 March 1945
Place of death
Near Aschaffenburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 16 23

Immediate family

Members
Leon Nadeau (father)
Emelia (Fafard) Nadeau (mother)
Martina E. Nadeau (sister)
Leon E. Nadeau (brother)
Diana L. Nadeau (sister)
Omar A. Nadeau (brother)
Joseph O. Nadeau (brother)
Roger O. Nadeau (brother)

More information

T/Sgt Lucien V. Nadeau graduated from Chicopee Trade School and worked for the Springfield Armory before he enlisted in Springfield, Massachusetts on 3 March 1941. He was sent overseas in February 1944.

He was earlier reported wounded in action by shrapnel in his knee for which he was awarded the Purple Heart Medal a first time. After recovering in a hospital in England, he rejoined his unit in February 1945.

He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for his action at the Anzio beachhead.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Nadeau Family Tree / 1930 Census / Massachusetts Birth Index, http://www.45thdivision.org
Photo source: www.findagrave.com