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Personal info

Full name
NICKERSON, George Alma
Date of birth
22 August 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Stoneham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Hometown
Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Military service

Service number
31432063
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
E Company,
2nd Battalion,
345th Infantry Regiment,
87th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
28 February 1945
Place of death
Near Neuenstein, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 6 17

Immediate family

Members
Alma N. Nickerson (father)
Mary E. (Clough) Nickerson (mother)
Winifred I. Nickerson (sister)
Stanley O. Nickerson (brother)
Sarah E. Nickerson (sister)
Leland E. Nickerson (brother)
Marjorie A. Nickerson (sister)
Edith M. (Downes) Nickerson (wife)
Mary E. Nickerson (daughter)
Claude A. Nickerson (son)
Lawrence E. Nickerson (son)

More information

Pfc George A. Nickerson attended high school for four years and was a draftsman at the Service Caster and Truck Company before he enlisted in Boston, Massachusetts on 20 April 1944.

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 / Ballard Norton Family Tree, http://87thinfantrydivision.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, www.ancestry.com - U.S. School Yearbooks Plymout Massachusetts / D Billings