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Nicholas J. NEISES
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| ARMY SERIAL NUMBER | 16069064 | ||||||||
| AGE | 24 yo | ||||||||
| DATE OF BIRTH | 30 march 1920 | ||||||||
| STATE | Cook County ILLINOIS | ||||||||
| FAMILY |
Married: ¨Patricia Son: Robert Parent: Nicholas & Clara A. NEISES Siblings: Robert J., Jean, Gerald & Rosemarie | ||||||||
| RANK | Tech 5 | ||||||||
| FONCTION | Paratrooper | ||||||||
| JOB before ENLISTEMENT | Semiskilled occupations in manufacture of electrical machinery and accessories |  | |||||||
| DATE of ENLISTEMENT | 17 mars 1942 Chicago ILLINOIS | ||||||||
| COMPANY | Company F | ||||||||
| REGIMENT |
502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment
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| DIVISION | 101st Airborne Division | ||||||||
| DATE OF DEATH | 10 june 1944 |  | |||||||
| STATUS | KIA | ||||||||
| PLACE OF DEATH | Besneville | ||||||||
| CEMETERY COMMUNAL |
Communal Cemetery of Besneville
The name of the town where my grand-father was killed with the Église Saint Florent in the background. The church hillside is where he and 22 other soldiers were first buried in a mass grave. | ||||||||
| CEMETERY TEMPORARY |
Cemetery Temporary of Blosville N° -
Where my grand-father was buried for the second time in Blosville. | ||||||||
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Parents Headstone in Saint Mary Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum Evergreen Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA | ||||||||
| CEMETERY | NORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY from Colleville | ||||||||
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Source : Brigid Burt |
Source : Brigid Burt | ||||||||
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This is a photo of F Company, 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne taken at Fort Bragg, NC in 1943. My Dad and I had the original print restored for the 70th Anniversary of D-Day. My grandfather is standing middle row, third from right. He was KIA in Normandy on June 11, 1944 after being misdropped on D-Day, captured by the Germans, and then strafed by allied fighter planes while marching to a POW camp. Three other men from F Co. were also killed in the strafing, along with 19 other allied soldiers. I am grateful to know at least some details surrounding his death, as many families after all these years have fewer details if any at all. I think only two men are still alive in this company photo. I talked to them both over the past two years. I'm learning a lot about the men listed in this photo as I do more research. This is a great company of men whose story is worth telling. Update, 2/1/17: I am still trying to find a picture of my grandfather with some of his buddies, either same platoon or squad. It is difficult to do this. Even in the pictures my family has of him, he looks different in each one. |
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By Maryse BELLEUX "Presse de la Manche" |  |
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| INFORMATION SOURCES | Aad.archives.gov - ABMC - Findagrave.com |
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| PICTURE SOURCE | Brigid K. BURT - Frédéric LAVERNHE |
| PROGRAMMER | Frédéric & Renaud |