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Personal info

Full name
NICHOLS, Douglas Harry
Date of birth
24 May 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York
Hometown
Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
O-440488
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
320th Infantry Regiment,
35th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
8 December 1944
Place of death
Near Wittring, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 9 10

Immediate family

Members
Harry D. Nichols (father)
Polly Nichols (sister)
William Nichols (brother)
Jean (Marbach) Nichols (wife)

More information

2nd Lt Douglas H. Nichols was graduated from LaSalle Military Academy in 1942 at Oakdale and was sent overseas in August 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, After Action Report 35th Infantry Division, www.findagrave.com – Coleman / F Priam, www.newspapers.com – The Montclair Times 11 January 1945

Photo source: www.newspapers.com – The Montclair Times 11 January 1945