Vincent E. Nunnink

Company D 1st Battalion 22nd Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 06/21/1944

Vincent Edward Nunnink was born in Ambridge, Beaver County, Pennsylvania on June 24, 1915.

Prior to entering military service he was employed by the Nitchie Sign Company
in Westfield, New Jersey.

He was drafted into the Army on February 11, 1941. His home of residence was listed as Newark, New Jersey.
He had completed four years of High School and was single with no dependents. His religion was listed as Protestant.

He was awarded the Good Conduct Medal as a Private First Class in Company D
in General Orders No. 14 Headquarters 22nd Infantry dated December 31, 1943
at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.

He was lightly wounded in action by shrapnel to his jaw on June 14, 1944, but was not hospitalized,
and remained in the front lines with his unit.

Private First Class Nunnink was killed in action in Normandy, France, near the town of Gonneville,
during the attack toward Cherbourg on June 21, 1944.

The name of Vincent E. Nunnink listed as a casualty in the newspaper.

Clipping courtesy of Julien Woestyn

Decorations of Vincent E. Nunnink

Vincent E. Nunnink was buried in the temporary U.S. Military Cemetery
Sainte Mere-Eglise #2 at Carentan, France in Block H Row 8 Grave 146 and was moved to the permanent
cemetery at Colleville-sur-Mer, in the 1947-1949 time frame, when the temporary cemeteries were shut down.

Burial:
Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial
Colleville-sur-Mer
Departement du Calvados
Basse-Normandie, France
Plot A Row 21 Grave 36

Grave marker for Vincent E. Nunnink

Photo by J. Nunnink from the Find A Grave website

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