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Personal info

Full name
NIXON, Andrew Starke
Date of birth
3 September 1915
Age
29
Place of birth
Fountain, Bay County, Florida
Hometown
Franklin County, Florida

Military service

Service number
34946816
Rank
Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
10th Infantry Regiment,
5th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
19 January 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Bastendorf, Diekirch, Luxembourg

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
F 11 11

Immediate family

Members
Andrew M. Nixon (father)
Artie T. (Burnham) Nixon (mother)
Putman Nixon (sister)
Melton W. Nixon (brother)
Clyde Nixon (brother)
Pauline Nixon (sister)
Bernice I. (Rivers) Nixon (wife)
Eugene C. Nixon (son)
Beatrice Nixon (daughter)
Caroline Nixon (daughter)

More information

Sgt Andrew S. Nixon worked in a company that produced furnishing utilities before he enlisted at Fort McPherson, Atlanta, Georgia on 19 May 1945.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - 1920/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil 1942-1949, A footsoldier for Patton / Michael C. Bilder james G. Bilder, The 5th infantry Division in the ETO

Photo source: Peter Schouteten