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Personal info

Full name
NICHOLS, Byron E
Date of birth
1918
Age
unknown
Place of birth
New Jersey
Hometown
Carroll County, Maryland

Military service

Service number
42083597
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
328th Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 February 1945
Place of death
Saarlouis, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
E 13 31

Immediate family

Members
Elwood Nichols (father)
Madge Nichols (mother)
Emerson L. Nichols (brother)
Marcia Nichols (sister)
Dorothy V. (Newsome) Nichols (wife)
Byron Nichols (son)

More information

Pfc Byron E. Nichols attended high school for two years and was a clerk before he enlisted in Camden, New Jersey on 19 July 1944.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record, www.findagrave.com, www.fold3.com - 26th Infantry Division
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