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Personal info

Full name
NICHOLS, Dean Dyer
Date of birth
19 May 1922
Age
22
Place of birth
Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Hometown
Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
33722561
Rank
Private First Class
Function
unknown
Unit
224th Airborne Medical Company,
17th Airborne Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
24 March 1945
Place of death
Between Wesel and Hamminkeln, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
O 13 10

Immediate family

Members
Stephen E. Nichols (father)
Dorothy (Dyer) Nichols (mother)
Mildred J. (Sheaffer) Nichols (wife)

More information

Pfc Dean D. Nichols attended Long Military Academie in New Bloomfield and Maryland University.

He enlisted in Baltimore, Maryland on 23 April 1943. He trained at Camp McCall and Camp Forrest and was sent overseas in August 1944.

Source of information: Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com,
http://www.ww2-airborne.us/units/224/224_honor.html, www.ancestry.com - Marriage Record, www.newspapers.com, Ohio, Birth Index, 1908-1964

Photo source: Tom Verheijden, Gerald Robertson