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== Biography ==
== Biography ==
RB Nils Kindwall died on February 15, 2021. A graduate of Princeton, he "was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army and assigned to the 78th Infantry Division as an artillery forward observer before being reassigned to Army Intelligence. Army as a Captain and continued his education at Columbia University earning an MBA in 1948."
Nils Kindwall died on February 15, 2021. A graduate of Princeton, he "was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army and assigned to the 78th Infantry Division as an artillery forward observer before being reassigned to Army Intelligence. Army as a Captain and continued his education at Columbia University earning an MBA in 1948."


== Research notes ==
== Research notes ==
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== Sources ==
== Sources ==
* Camp Ritchie class roster (classes 1–31), merged research file
* Camp Ritchie Museum, Inc. (The Ritchie History Museum), Classes 1–31 roster data
* Dan Gross research spreadsheets, including original Excel timeline/roster work, combined with other research and records
* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
* NARA World War II Army enlistment records (where a NARA ASN is present)
* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
* 1940 U.S. Census (where a census match is present)
* Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2021-07-27 (1 post)
* Ritchie Boys of WWII Facebook page, post dated 2021-07-27 (1 post)
* Facebook-linked source: [https://bit.ly/3BFCAap bit.ly]
* Facebook-linked source: [https://bit.ly/3BFCAap bit.ly]