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Personal info

Full name
BACHELDER, Nathaniel Virgil
Date of birth
16 January 1916
Age
29
Place of birth
Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas
Hometown
Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas

Military service

Service number
37723136
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
101st Infantry Regiment,
26th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
17 January 1945
Place of death
Near Doncols, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
C 2 1

Immediate family

Members
Virgil W. Bachelder (father)
Edith N. (Levring) Bachelder (mother)
Katherine J. Bachelder (sister)
Marsh W. Bachelder (brother)
Theresa N. (Meyers) Bachelder (wife)

More information

Pfc Nathaniel Bachelder attended North High School and was employed at the United Laundry before he enlisted at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 23 September 1943. He was sent overseas in August 1944.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in his leg.

He is remembered at the Benton Cemetery in Benton, Butler County, Kansas.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Draft Cards young Men / Trudy Austin Family Tree / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, www.findagrave.com – LGD Spurgeon / Bertha Avery Hood / R & S, www.fold3.com – 26th Infantry Division, www.newspapers.com – The Wichita Eagle 9 February 1945
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Luxembourg American Cemetery / Linda Marshall, www.newspapers.com – The Wichita Eagle 9 February 1945