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  PFC Arnold Ervin Nicolai    In memory of our fallen brother

"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; for he to-day that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother"



King Company
35th Infantry Regiment
World War II

"Not For Fame or Reward
Not For Place or For Rank
But In Simple Obedience To
Duty as They Understood It"



The 35th Infantry Regiment Association salutes our fallen brother, PFC Arnold Ervin Nicolai, 37600794, who died in the service of his country on September 17th, 1945 in Luzon. The cause of death was listed as DNB. At the time of his death Arnold was 23 years of age. He was from Renville County, Minnesota.

The decorations earned by PFC Arnold Ervin Nicolai include: the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Asiatic-Pacific Service Medal, and the World War II Victory Medal.

Married Irene Weispfennig
on February 15, 1941
in Renville County, MN
Worked in dairy industry and enlisted 27 July 1944.

Burial:
Zion Evangelical Methodist Cemetery
Buffalo Lake
Renville County
Minnesota, USA