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NASH, Willie Green - Date of
birth
23 April 1912 -
Age
33 - Place of
birth
Cabarrus County, North Carolina -
Hometown
Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
34899335 -
Rank
Private -
Function
unknown -
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
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Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart
Death
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Status
Finding of Death - Date of
death
9 September 1945 - Place of
death
In the vicinity of Dornot – Arnaville, France
Grave
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Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine - Tablets of the Missing
Immediate family
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Members
Benny G. Nash (father)
Sally E. Nash (mother)
Leander Nash (brother)
Lillie E Nash (sister)
Beulah Nash (sister)
Bernice Nash (sister)
Marjorie (Newton) Nash (wife)
Jerry Nash (son)
Lynda Nash (daughter)
More information
Pvt. Willie G. Nash attended high school for three years and was a carpenter.He enlisted at Camp Croft, South Carolina on 25 January 1944.
Pvt Nash was last seen about 500 yards before the east bank of the Moselle River, when he reported to his 1st Sgt that he had been wounded and was able to walk back to an aid station for medical treatment. The first sergeant gave permission to leave the area to have his wound treated and saw him deport. No aid stations or clearing stations had a record for treatment.
Pvt Nash was declared officially dead one day and one year after he was reported missing in action. At that time the 11th Infantry Regiment was engaged in the fighting in the vicinity of the Dornot Bridgehead.
Source of information: Leo Minne, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record 1942-1949 / Newton Family Tree / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / Cabarrus County History, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO, IDPF
Photo source: www.ancestry.com – A history of Cabarrus County, www.findagrave.com – Dave Hansen