Military Veterans

Celebration of Freedom panel

Allen V. Nickel

Date of Birth

1 October 1922

Date of Death

25 January 1973

Brick Location

Eagle Side

Panel Number

3B

Biography

U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Allen V. Nickel served in Europe, Africa, and in the Pacific during World War II.  He fought battles in the Rhineland (Germany) and Central Europe.   

A member of the Quartermaster Corps, he was Foreman, Bath and Fumigation, at Germany's Cremation Camps.


Branch:

U.S. Army

Awards and Medals

Rank

Staff Sergeant

Years

World War II—2 December 1942 - 25 January 1946

Duty

Quartermaster Corps

Foreman, Bath and Fumigation, Cremation Camps in Germany