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Personal info

Full name
NYBORG, George Lawrence
Date of birth
22 February 1907
Age
37
Place of birth
Windom, Cottonwood County, Minnesota
Hometown
Steele County, Minnesota

Military service

Service number
17017940
Rank
Technician Fourth Grade
Function
unknown
Unit
4th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron,
4th Cavalry Group
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
3 October 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Monschau-Lammersdorf

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 14 50

Immediate family

Members
Fred C. Nyborg (father)
Iva V. Nyborg (mother)
Annie F. Nyborg (sister)
Gladys M. Nyborg (sister)

More information

T/4 George L. Nyborg enlisted in the Regular Army at Fort Snelling, Minnesota on 18 November 1940. He was sent to Fort Meade, S.D. and from there he was trained to be an army cook. From there he went to Fort Young, Cal. and then was stationed at Camp Maxey, Texas, as a cook in the infantry. Before he entered the service he was employed as a trucker at Ellendale.

He attended 4 years of high school.

Source of information: Leo Minne, Astrid van Erp, Carla Mans, www.abmc.gov, www.ancestry.com - 1920 Census / U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org, www.newspapers.com - Albert Lea Evening Tribune

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Des Philippet, www.newspapers.com - Albert Lea Evening Tribune