Pvt. Lewis Taylor Nix Jr.

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

    - father owned a farm

Siblings: 3 sisters

Nickname: "L. T."

Hometown: Locust Hill, Breckinridge County

Education: grammar school

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 tanks machine gun and accidentally fired gun hitting L. T. in the chest.  L. T. died on way to the

      hospital.

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

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

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