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Personal info

Full name
NICHOLS, Fred Wilbur
Date of birth
23 October 1923
Age
21
Place of birth
Treece, Cherokee County, Kansas
Hometown
Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37523059
Rank
Technician Fifth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
53rd Armored Infantry Battalion,
4th Armored Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
24 February 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Sinspelt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
I 7 20

Immediate family

Members
Henri M. Nichols (father)
Thelma E. (Johnson) Nichols (mother)
Teddy D. Nichols (brother)
Melvin J. Nichols (half brother)
Freda M. (Melton) Nichols (wife)
Donna L. Nichols (daughter)

More information

T/5 Fred W. Nichols was employed at the Golden Lantern Parking Lot.

He enlisted at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas on 17 April 1943 and was sent overseas in December of 1943.

Source of information: André Koch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1940 Census / Daniels, Melton Family Tree / Headstone and Interment Record / Missouri, Marriage Records, AAR 53rd AIB July 44 thru May 1945, www.newspaperarchive.com - Joplin Globe

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspaperarchive.com - Joplin Globe