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Personal info

Full name
NASH, Robert Criton
Date of birth
1 August 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
Hometown
Catonsville, Baltimore County, Maryland

Military service

Service number
33563425
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died non-Battle
Date of death
2 March 1945
Place of death
Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
B 30 24

Immediate family

Members
Cecil I. Nash (father)

More information

Cpl Robert C. Nash enlisted in Baltimore, Maryland, on 11 March 1943.

He was taken prisoner on 20 January 1945 and died of his injuries in a German POW camp.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record / World War II Prisoners of War Data File, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://www.45thdivision.org
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