Pvt. Lewis Taylor Nix Jr.

Parents: Lewis T. Nix Sr. & Mattie L. Tabor-Nix

Siblings: 3 sisters

Nickname: "L. T."

Hometown: Locust Hill, Breckinridge County

Education: grammar school

Occupation: worked on family farm

Inducted:

    - U. S. Army

        - 21 January 1941 - Louisville, Kentucky

Training: 

    - Fort Knox, Kentucky

         - qualified as tank gunner

    - Camp Polk, Louisiana

Units:

    - 192nd Tank Battalion

        *D Company - Attached to 194th Tank Battalion

Overseas Duty:

    - Philippine Islands

Engagements:

    - Battle of Luzon

        - fierce battle near the Pampanga River - 2 January 1942

Killed in Action: 

    - 2 January 1942 - Friendly Fire - Guagua, Philippine Islands

    - L. T. left his tank and was standing outside of it when a crew member of Lt. Col. Ernest Miller's tank slipped,

      grabbed the tank's machine gun and accidentally fired the gun.  Bullets from the gun hit L. T. in the chest. 

      L. T. died on way to the hospital.

    - Miller was the commanding officer of the 194th Tank Battalion.

    - Ralph Stine stated he attempted to treat Nix's wounds, but the wounds were too bad

Marcus Lawson's description of L. T. Nix's death.

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