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Personal info

Full name
NUCKOLS, Lester Hamilton
Date of birth
24 June 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Louisa, Louisa County, Virginia
Hometown
Pocounoke, Worcester County, Virginia

Military service

Service number
33533382
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
M Company,
3rd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Thicourt, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
A 28 12

Immediate family

Members
Martin E. Nuckols (father)
Myrtle I. Nuckols (mother)
Martin Nuckols ((brother)
William L. Nuckols (brother)
Margaret J. Nuckols (sister)

More information

Pfc Lester H. Nuckols attended high school for four years and was a retail manager at the JJ Newberry Co. before he enlisted in Roanoke, Virginia on 22 February 1943.

Pfc Nuckols was killed by small arms fire in the shoulder.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Kathy McDermott, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files / U.S. Draft Cards Young Man
Photo source: www.findagrave.com / Family collection - courtesy of Donna Nuckols Thrift