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Personal info

Full name
NADEAU, Henry George
Date of birth
19 September 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Hennepin County, Minnesota
Hometown
Hennepin County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
37581064
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
120th Infantry Regiment,
30th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
13 January 1945
Place of death
Sector Baugnez-Thirimont, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
C 1 6

Immediate family

Members
Ligoure Nadeau (father)
Blanche (Trudeau) Nadeau (mother)
Jeanette Nadeau (sister)
Roger Nadeau (brother)

More information

Private Nadeau entered the service in November, going overseas in May. He attended Edison high school and was employed at Brook Posting Co., before entering service.
Pvt Nadeau was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds suffered in France in July. He had returned to action in November.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.oldhickory30th.com, www.newspapers.com - The Minneapolis Star, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / 1930 Census / Birth Index

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.newspapers.com - The Minneapolis Star