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Full name
EVANS, Nicholas
Date of birth
30 December 1910
Age
33
Place of birth
Larksville, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Hometown
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Military service

Service number
33881989
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
G Company,
2nd Battalion,
379th Infantry Regiment,
95th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
8 December 1944
Place of death
France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
J 27 21

Immediate family

Members
Andrew Evans (father)
Mary (Petras) Evans (mother)
Stephen Evans (brother)
Mary Evans (1st sister)
John Evans (brother)
Annie Evans (sister)
Andrew Evans (brother)
Joseph Evans (1st brother)
George Evans (brother)
Mary Evans (2nd sister)
Michael Evans (brother)
Bertha Evans (sister)
Catherine Evans (sister)
Eva Evans (sister)
Joseph Evans (2nd brother)
Lottie (Scruitsky) Evans (wife)
Constance Evans (daughter)
Nicholas Evans Jr. (son)
Leon Evans (son)

More information

Pvt Evans was employed at the S. Frieder and Sons sigar factory before he enlisted on 16 April 1944 and was trained at Fort McClellan, Alabama and was sent overseas in October 1944.

He was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery of Limey, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Astrid van Erp, www.abmc.gov, www.findagrave.com, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Veteran Compensation Application Files WWII / Edward Londo Family Tree, http://mathieu.gitzhofer.free.fr/irongb.php, www.newspapers.com - The Wilkes-Barre Record
Photo source: -, www.findagrave.com - Ed Londo, www.newspapers.com - The Wilkes-Barre Record