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Note: U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Name: Ralph G Nixon
Birth Year: 1923
Race: White, citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Alabama
State of Residence: Georgia
County or City: Upson
Enlistment Date: 19 Jan 1943
Enlistment State: Georgia
Enlistment City: Fort McPherson Atlanta
Branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Branch Code: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: Grammar school
Civil Occupation: Unskilled occupations in manufacture of textiles, n.e.c.
Marital Status: Married
Height: 69
Weight: 149
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World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas
Name: Ralph G Nixon
Inducted From: Georgia
Rank: Corporal
Combat Organization: 66th Regiment 2nd Armoured Division
Death Date: 25 Aug 1944
Monument: Normandy, France
Last Known Status: Missing
U.S. Awards: Purple Heart Medal
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Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial
Colleville-sur-Mer
Departement du Calvados
Basse-Normandie, France
Tablets of the Missing
Nixon, Ralph G - CPL - 66 REGT 2 ARMD DIV Georgia
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"Thomaston Times"
Thomaston, Upson Co., Georgia
February 8, 1945
Killed in Action
Ralph G. Nixon Reported Killed on August 25
Word was received on January 28 by Mrs. Ralph G. Nixon, that her husband, Cpl. Ralph G. Nixon, was killed in action in France on August 25, after having been reported as missing in action as of that date.
Cpl. Nixon, a member of a tank batallion, is the son of Mrs. Beulah Nixon, 229 Fourth Avenue. No details have been received as to the nature of action leading to his death, or explanations concerning the length of time taken to receive the final word.
Nixon entered service on January 28, 1943, and trained at Fort Lewis, Washington, leaving for combat duty in January 1944. He has two brothers in service: Sgt. A. D. Nixon, who is in France with a medical company,, and Pfc. James A. Nixon, who was wounded on December 16 in France.
His name was added to the The Times' Honor Roll in the January 11 issue.
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