Captain Victor H. Nysewander

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Parents: Jasper D. and Anna Nysewander
Birth: Jul 22, 1886, Plainfield, Hendricks County, Indiana
Moved to: Joesville, Bartholomew County in 1910
Occupation: Graduated from Michigan University Law School in 1911
Entered Officers Training Camp, Ft. Benjamin Harrison in November 1917
Commissioned: 1st Lieutenant
OVerseas in: June 1918, with Co K, 359th Infantry, 90th Division
Death: Killed in action NOv 4, 1918, near Bantheville, France
Burial: Tomagne Cemetery, No 1232, Grave 19, Sec. 46, Plot 1

The Republic
Columbus, Indiana
Monday, November 26, 1917
Page 1

LOCAL MEN SCHEDULED TO GET COMMISSIONS

John Ong Will Be Captain; Nysewander and Book to Be Lieutenants-Training Camp is Over.

Although the official announcement of commissions for men who have just completed the course at the officers' training camp, Ft. Benjamin Harrison, has not yet been made, most of the men there know what they are to be given.

Three Bartholomew county boys at the training camp are understood to be slated for commissions.

John Ong, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Ong, of this city, is known to be on the list for a commission as captain in the coast artillery.

Victor Hugo Nysewander, of Jonesville will receive a commission as first lieutenant in the infantry and will be assigned to duty at Camp Travis, San Antonio.

Howard Book, son of the Rev. W.H. Book, of this city, is to be commissioned a second lieutenant in the cavalry. He will be assigned to duty with the regulars at El Paso, Texas.

Another man who will receive a commission and who can almost be called a local resident is George H. Kelley. He will be made a first lieutenant in the artillery. Kelley formerly taught school at Clifford. His home is over the Decatur county line, near Hartsville.

The Tribune
Seymour, Indiana
Tuesday, October 14, 1918
Page 2

Lieutenant Victor H. Nysewander, Jonesville, severely wounded.

The Republic
Columbus, Indiana
Saturday, December 15, 1918
Page 1

CAPTAIN NYSEWANDER IS REPORTED KILLED

Death Came Few Days Before Signing of Peace Armistice-Previously Wounded and "Gassed."

Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Nysewander of near Jonesville, have been notified that their son, Lieut. Victor H. Nysewander, aged about thirty years, had been killed in action in France November 4, just a few days before the signing of the armistice. The young officer who is a member of a promient Wayne township family, enlisted in the service shortly after the United States entered the war. He went to Fort Benjamin Harrison where he attended the officers' training school and after receiving his commission as first lieutenant he was sent to Texas and from there to France. He participated in some of the greatest battles of the world war.

His parents had received word that he had been severely wounded and gassed last September but he had recovered and returned to the front with the rank of captain of his regiment.

He is survived by his parents, three brothers and three sisters.

The Republic
Columbus, Indiana
Tuesday, December 31, 1918
Page 6

Mr. and Mrs. L.D. Nysewander, of near Jonesville, parents of Captain Victor Nysewander, who was killed in action in France on November 4, have received word that he left $1,000 for the education of a girl friend in the States. Captain Mysewander was a practicing attorney in Florida, when he enlisted in teh service. He is said to have owned a tract of 1,000 acres of land in Florida.

The Indianapolis Star
Indianapolis, Indiana
Thursday, February 27, 1919
Page 13

Colonel Writes of Death of Capt. Nysewander

Details of the death of Capt. Victor H. Nysewander, who was killed in action Nov. 1, are contained in a letter from Col. E.K. Sterling, 359th Infantry, received by Mrs. Anna Nysewander of Jonesville, mother of Capt. Nysewander. The letter, dated at Uerzig, Germany, Jan. 17, says:

"Our regiment had been in the Meusc-Argonne sector since Oct. 16, and on Oct. 30 we took over the front lines just north of Bautheville. On the morning of Nov. 1 a great attack was launched against the enemy, and as the morning wore on, they began to reply heavily with their artillery."

"Capt. Nysewander was leading his company K, and as they were approaching the road that ran from Bautheville to another village called Alcreville, they were met by the fierce German barrage. Capt. Nysewander gave orders to his men to seek what protection they could in the shell holes or behind the bank of the road. Wile he was giving these instructions, with shells falling all about him, his one thought being the safety and protection of the men under his command, he met a soldier's death. A shell exploded nearby and a piece of it struck him in the temple, killing him instantly. The same shell, let me add, killed a corporal of his company and a German prisoner who was standing nearby. The chaplain and his party came upon the body not long after and covered it with a blanket, and the next day buried him with what military honors were possible under the circumstances, in the little newly-made American cemetery at the edge of the village of Bautheville."