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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Roderick L. Nicol

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Montrose, Colorado

Honored By

Orville L. Kline

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

RANK: PRIVATE 1ST CLASS. SERVED WITH THE 47TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 9TH INFANTRY ‘OLD RELIABLES’ DIVISION. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE VAST ARMADA THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE INVASION OF THE GERMANY’S FORTRESS EUROPE, D-DAY JUNE 6, 1944 ‘OPERATION OVERLORD’. WHILE EMBARKING FROM HIS LCI ‘LANDING CRAFT INFANTRY’, HE WENT ASHORE ON UTAH BEACH, NORMANDY AND ENTERED COMBAT JUNE 11, 1944. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION JULY 17, 1944 AND INTERRED AT THE CEDAR CEMETERY, MONTROSE, COLORADO.