Captain Victor Hugo Nysewander, 359th Infantry Regt, US Army.
Born at Plainfield, Hendricks Cty on 22 July 1886, Victor and his family moved to Jonesville, Bartholomew Cty in 1910 and he graduated from Michigan University Law School in 1911. In November 1917, Victor entered the Officer Training Camp at Ft Benjamin Harrison receiving a commission as 1st Lieutenant in the spring of 1918. After being sent overseas in June 1918, he was assigned to Co K of the 359th Infantry and was rapidly promoted to captain. Unfortunately, he was killed in action on 4 November 1918 near Bantheville, France and was buried in the No 1232 American Military Cemetery at Romagne (grave 19, section 46, plot 1). Victor's body was repatriated back to the USA from this cemetery in the 1920s.
4 November 1918
Research by David O'Mara, Croonaert Research Services.
