Gedenkstein Major Arthur Donald Nicholson in Karstädt, Germany

Major Arthur Donald Nicholson, born on 7 June 1947 in Mount Vernon, Washington, USA, was an Army Military Intelligence Officer. He was shot by a Soviet soldier in Karstädt on March 24, 1985 and is considered the last military casualty of the Cold War. The memorial stone for Major Nicholson was dedicated in March 2005 at the site of his death. The details of Major Arthur Donald Nicholson's military career are, to this day, largely unknown. What is certain is that he joined the Army in 1970, was in Korea with a missile battalion from 1973 to 1974 and then in Germany until 1979. Back in the USA,

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