Lewis Nixon (U.S. Army officer)
| Lewis Nixon | |
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| Nickname(s) | "Blackbeard" "Lew" "Nix" |
| Born |
September 30, 1918 New York City, New York, US |
| Died | January 11, 1995 (aged 76) Los Angeles, California, US |
| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
 United States Army
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| Years of service | 1941–1945 |
| Rank |
 Captain
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| Unit |
 Infantry Branch
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| Battles/wars |
World War II Battle of Normandy Operation Market Garden Battle of the Bulge Operation Varsity |
| Awards |
American Campaign Medal Purple Heart World War II Victory Medal Bronze Star Presidential Unit Citation European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (3) American Defense Service Medal Army of Occupation Medal Croix de Guerre Belgian World War II Service Medal Combat Infantryman Badge Parachutist Badge (3 combat jump stars) |
| Relations | Katherine Page (1st wife) Stanhope Wood Nixon (father) Doris Ryer Nixon (mother) Lewis Nixon I (grandfather) Sally Lewis Wood (grandmother) Grace Umezawa (3rd Wife) |
Captain Lewis Nixon III (September 30, 1918 – January 11, 1995) was a United States Army officer who, during World War II, served with Easy Company of the 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, part of the 101st Airborne Division ("The Screaming Eagles"). Nixon was portrayed in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers by Ron Livingston.
Lewis Nixon was born to Stanhope Wood Nixon and Doris Ryer Nixon on September 30, 1918 in New York City. He was the elder brother of Blanche Nixon (born 1923) and Fletcher Ryer Nixon (who died in infancy in 1922). He was a grandson of shipbuilder Lewis Nixon (1861–1940) and Sally Wood Nixon (died 1937). At age seven, Lewis took third place in the model yacht regatta at Conservatory Lake in Central Park on May 22, 1926, earning a gold and bronze medal in the 35-inch (890 mm) boat class. As a youth, Nixon lived in New York City and Montecito, California; he traveled the world extensively, including Germany, France, and England. Nixon graduated from the Santa Barbara school before attending Yale University for two years.
He enlisted in the United States Army on January 14, 1941 in Trenton, New Jersey. On December 20, 1941, he married Katharine Page of Phoenix, Arizona.
Nixon served during World War II and, after graduating from Army Officer Candidate School in 1941 as an infantry second lieutenant, he made the decision to volunteer for the parachute infantry, part of the U.S. Army's fledgling airborne forces. He was assigned to Easy Company of the 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment (506th PIR), commanded by Colonel Robert Sink. The 506th was initially an independent regiment until June 1943, when it became part of the 101st Airborne Division. He went through the regimental unit training and pre-airborne training at , Georgia, and Airborne School at Fort Benning, eventually training at many locations throughout the United States and, in September 1943, was sent to Aldbourne, Wiltshire, England, in preparation for the Allied invasion of Normandy.
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