Doel Stinson Nighswonger
1923 - 1945 (21 years)
Generation: 1
1. Doel Stinson Nighswonger was born on 9 Dec 1923 in Viola, Sedgwick County, Kansas; died on 6 Apr 1945 in Okinawa, Japan; was buried in Viola Cemetery, Viola, Sedgwick County, Kansas. Other Events:
- _MILT: World War II. US Army. PFC. Killed in action.
Notes:
Pfc. D.S. Nighswonger Is Killed on Okinawa
Pfc. Doel S. Nighswonger, 20, recent recipient of the purple heart, was killed in action on Okinawa on April 6, the war department has advised his parent, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Nighswonger of Viola, Kan.
Entering the air corps in April 1943, the Kansan later was transferred to the 96th Infantry division. He received the purple heart for wounds received in action during the occupation of Leyte.
A resident of the Viola community all his life, the youth graduated from the Viola high school and was a member of the Presbyterian church there.
Nighswonger was the grand-nephew of the late Frank Nighswonger, former Wichita mayor. Besides his parents, he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Lois Butterfield, residing in Maine with her husband who is in the armed forces, and Pattie Nighswonger of the home, and two brothers, Lester, who is studying radar at the naval school in Chicago, and Roger of the home.
During the last war his father, Paul, served overseas with the 30th division.
The Wichita Eagle, Wichita, Kansas. Thursday, 10 May 1945.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24151471/doel-stinson-nighswonger
Row 11, Grave 1