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Personal info

Full name
NASH, Evans Gill Sr
Date of birth
30 September 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Columbia, Boone County, Missouri
Hometown
Columbia, Boone County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37645132
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
359th Infantry Regiment,
90th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
20 February 1945
Place of death
Near Steinbrück, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
B 3 19

Immediate family

Members
Emory G. Nash (father)
Marie (Windsor) Nash (mother)
Martin E. Nash (brother)
Howard L. Nash (brother)
Neal Nash (brother)
Eska Nash (sister)
Gertrude O. (Slaasted) Nash (wife)
Evans G. Nash Jr. (son)

More information

Evans Nash attended attended college for one year and was a meat cutter before he enlisted at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri on 16 August 1944.

He was awarded the Silver Star Medal for conspicous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Hazell Family Tree / 1940 Census, www.findagrave.com - Gale

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery / Gale, obituary