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Personal info

Full name
NIDA, Henry Woodson
Date of birth
22 August 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Amma, Roane County, West Virginia
Hometown
Roane, Roane County, West Virginia

Military service

Service number
15014125
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
11th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 December 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Waldbillig, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 16 70

Immediate family

Members
Hezebiah C. Nida (father)
Martha (Boothe) Nida (mother)
Venie L. Nida (brother)
Richard B. Nida (brother)
Howard R. Nida (brother)
Anna M. Nida (sister)
McKenna Nida (half brother)
Harriet Nida (half sister)
Roxie E. Nida (half sister)
James W. Nida (half brother)
Roy J. Nida (half brother)
Archie W. Nida (half brother)

More information

Pfc Henry W. Nida joined the Regular Army at Ft. Huges, Columbus Ohio on 17 October 1940.
He was a practical nurse before he enlisted.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Records, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record / Virginia Birth Records / Abbot-Collins-Creakman Family Trees, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder James G. Bilder, The 5th Infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: Peter Schouteten