His WWI draft registration card, filed 12 Sep 1918 in Williamson, Mingo Co., West Virginia, records Albert Nickell, age 19, residence Kermit, W. Va., born 31 May 1899, occupation laborer at saw mill, employed by Cub Mountain Coal & Coke Co., Nolan, Mingo Co., W. Va., nearest relative Shelby Nickell, Kermit, Mingo Co., W. Va., tall, slender build, brown eyes, brown hair.