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Personal info

Full name
MISCHISSIN, Nicholas Jr
Date of birth
27 July 1917
Age
27
Place of birth
Freeland, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Beaver County, Pennsylvania
Religion
Catholic

Military service

Service number
33024451
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
Platoon Sergeant
Unit
C Company,
1st Battalion,
175th Infantry Regiment,
29th Infantry Division
Awards
Silver Star,
Purple Heart with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
16 November 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Schauffenberg-Bettendorf-Siersdorf, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 11 13

Immediate family

Members
Nicholas Mischissin (father)
Mary (Tomko) Mischissin (mother)
Michael Mischissin (brother)
John Mischissin (brother)
George Mischissin (brother)
Mary Mischissin (sister)
Thomas Mischissin (brother)
Steven Mischissin (brother)

More information

T/Sgt Nicholas Mischissin graduated from Freeland High School with the class of 1936 where he was a basketball star. He was employed at the Essex-Sussec Hotel in Spring Lake, New Jersey and the Hotel Flamingo in Palm Beach, Florida.

He enlisted at Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania on 25 April 1941 and was sent overseas in October 1942.

He landed at Omaha Beach, Normandy on D-Day. He was promoted from S/Sgt to T/SGT on 1 July 1944 and was lightly wounded in action on 31 August 1944, while fighting near Brest but rejoined his outfit several weeks later.

Three brothers also served in the European area. George with the 88th Division in Italy; Michael with a military police company in France and John with a medical corps unit in the Netherlands.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Daan Schatteman, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Veteran Compensation Appication File / 1930 Census, www.newspapers.com - The Hazleton Standard-Sentinel

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - The Hazleton Standard-Sentinel