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Personal info

Full name
NICHOLSON, Earl H
Date of birth
1919
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Oklahoma
Hometown
Wichita County, Texas

Military service

Service number
6294181
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
unknown
Unit
HQ & HQ Company,
1st Battalion,
38th Infantry Regiment,
2nd Infantry Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
2 April 1945
Place of death
In the vicinity of Warburg, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
F 14 26

Immediate family

Members
Kelly Nicholson (father)
Sarah M. Nicholson (mother)
Claybourne A. Nicholson (brother)

More information

S/Sgt Earl H. Nicholson graduated from Wichita Falls High School in 1938.

He joined the Regular Army at Pope Field, Fort Bragg, North Carolina on 3 November 1939. He was with the 38th infantry for three years.

S/Sgt Nicholson is remembered at Riverside Cemetery in Wichita Falls, Wichita County, Texas with a memorial marker.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Family Trees

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet / Julie Coley, University of North Texas