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Personal info

Full name
CHIMBIDIS, Michael Nick
Date of birth
8 April 1926
Age
18
Place of birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Hometown
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa

Military service

Service number
37697933
Rank
Private First Class
Function
Heavy Machine Gunner
Unit
H Company,
2nd Battalion,
318th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
11 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Biesdorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 5 33

Immediate family

Members
Nickolas M. Chimbidis (father)
Panayiota M. (Nickolou) Chimbidis (mother)
James Chimbidis (brother)
Leonidas N. Chimbidis (brother)

More information

Pfc Michael N. Chimbidis was still attending high school when he enlisted at Camp Dodge, Iowa on 3 June 1944. He was sent overseas in January 1945.

He was killed by artillery shell fragments in the face, forehead and the side of his body.

Source of information: Ralph Peeters, Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card File / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / Edwards Family Tree, www.80thdivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com – LuxAmCem, www.newspapers.com - The Mason City Globe Gazette