Rank and Name in, Second Lieutenant Edward Garland Nachand.
Unit/Placed in, 8th Infantry regiment, 4th Infantry Division “Ivy”.
Edward was born approx. on Jul. 12, 1917 in Jeffersonville, Indiana.
Father, Charles D. Nachand.
Mother, Lilian (Diepenkouen) Nachand.
Mother born in Germany.
Brother, Charles D. Nachand Jr.
Edward entered the service from Kentucky with service number # 35107679.
Edward G. Nachand was a 2nd Lieutenant in the 8th Infantry Regiment.
Edward was KIA near Cherbourg, on June 13, 1944, he is honored with the Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Edward is buried at Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial, Colleville-sur-Mer,
Departement du Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France.
He also has a Memorial Grave at Walnut Ridge Cemetery , Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana, USA.
Thanks to http://www.4thinfantry.org/
Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com and ww2-europe.com.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano
National Historian
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/
