Knowles, Nicholas L.

1906 - 1987  (80 years)

• Name	Knowles, Nicholas L.
  Birth	10 Apr 1906  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	KNOW.N001
  _FGRAVE	29921682
  Military Service	World War II, Private, Casual Detachment A, Station Complement, Service Unit 1751, United States Army  [2, 3]
  	Entered active service as a draftee on May 28, 1943 at Chicago, Illinois. Assigned to Casual Detachment A, Station Complement, Service Unit 1751, at the Training Center, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Honorably discharged as a Private with a Certificate of Disability on August 3, 1943 at same station. Earned the WWII Victory Medal for service during the period of eligibility. This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission. Source: http://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=2210852
  		United States of America Flag, 48 Stars (1912-1959) In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959,…
  		United States Army
  		United States Army Enlisted Rank Insignia
  		Military Service Ribbons, Knowles, Nicholas L. (1906-1987) Contributed by Carl Wayne Gray
  		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
  		World War II Victory Medal, United States Military
  		Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri
  		World War II (1939-1945)
  		Brochure, World War II Memorial, Flora, Illinois, Nov 11, 2007 On Veterans' Day, 2005, the city of Flora, Illinois dedicated a memorial to all known Clay County, Illinois World War II Veterans. Located on the south side of the city library, this is a copy of the brochure honoring that event. This 2007 brochure adds a matrix for locating the memorial brick that was laid in honor of each veteran. …
  		World War II Honoree, Knowles, Nicholas L. (1906-1987)
  Death	5 Jan 1987  [1]
  Burial	Orchard Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Clay County, Illinois   [1]
  		Headstone, Knowles, Loretta J. and Nicholas L.
  Person ID	I26738	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	11 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	Headlee, Loretta J.,   b. 17 Sep 1913   d. 9 Dec 1969 (Age 56 years)
  Family ID	F11497	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - - Orchard Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Clay County, Illinois  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S7535] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Knowles, Loretta J. and Nicholas L., (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Knowles&GSfn=Nicholas&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=29921682), none. (Reliability: 2). [S7524] https://www.wwiimemorial.com/, World War II Honoree, Nicholas L. Knowles, (https://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=2210852) (Reliability: 2). [S7537] http://www.findagrave.com, Headstone, Knowles, Nicholas L., (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Knowles&GSfn=Nicholas&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=29921682), none. (Reliability: 2).