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Personal info

Full name
NILSON, Frank A
Date of birth
12 September 1924
Age
20
Place of birth
Lake Grove, Clackamas County, Oregon
Hometown
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
36876754
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
157th Infantry Regiment,
45th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 March 1945
Place of death
Near Remagen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 34 20

Immediate family

Members
Alvin G. Nilson (father)
Ida (Beadler) Nilson (mother)
Norman T. Nilson (brother)
Raymond Nilson (brother)
Alvin Nilson (brother)
Jacqueline (Ponell) Nilson (wife)

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1940 Census / Michigan Marriage Records / Jetzke Cady Family Tree, http://www.45thdivision.org
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